It's like who's making the stories and creating the art designs and characters for these things? If the world was full of engineers.... I don't even wanna think about it... I just kinda felt like getting that off my chest.

EDIT: I'm talking about STEMlord types here, just to be clear. Not STEM majors, but the specific type that loves to lord over the fact that they are superior to other majors. And I say this as someone who did STEM myself but only came to really appreciate the humanities much later.

EDIT 2: This clip from Jurassic Park is so critical here: https://youtu.be/mRNX6XJOeGU

  • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Idk why we'd take the model to be Yudkowski and not Asimov, or even Futurama's writers' room. Imo it's kind of lazy to assume that training someone as an engineer would kill their creativity or creative drive. It's basically the same thinking that makes people think communism is when man in beige overalls hits things with hammer.

    • BeamBrain [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      It’s basically the same thinking that makes people think communism is when man in beige overalls hits things with hammer.

      Shit, I've been doing it wrong the whole time

      But yeah, I was being facetious. I've met way too many STEM types who idolize Yudkowsky, and I'll never pass on a chance to dunk on him.