Zak Storer 🎡 @zacts@mastodon.social

ways of linguistically thinking differently to overcome our own biases and thinking styles.

Can a true logical proposition also be fuzzed into a question? I need to review modal and non-classical logics a bit perhaps.

I also like this idea of making a statement of a problem, and providing some sort of field of potential solutions. Something like inspired by lojban perhaps. I need to really think about the logic of what I'm thinking about here. It's obviously just a fuzzy idea I'm pondering while sitting at a coffee shop.

I don't mean statements like this that are statements ending in a question mark?

I'm pondering a linguistics question right now. Is it linguistically possible for us to fuzz statements into questions? What would this look like?

Perhaps the time when we first encounter or learn something is when we have the most wisdom. It's _as_ we are learning it for the first time that we gain the most insight.

Listening to SomaFM.

"The road up and down is one and the same." - Heraclitus

I'm now taking my hats off. 😆

I mean I don't think that in this case opportunity cost of time and resources is fully analogous to idealism versus pragmatism.

I'm thinking that for me philosophy + mathematics would provide the general foundation that I'm looking for, and it would let me move forward through further degrees later on. It would provide a lot of creative and educational options that I would not have otherwise had if I just went for either of philosophy or mathematics, or just a general liberal arts path (with the way the degree paths are currently implemented). I still get a general creative foundation via philosophy, and a practical appl

@lnxw48a1 @GodLivesUnderwater ^^

Is there not also an economic concern when planning out 4-6 years of your studies and life, even if not just for the opportunity cost of your time. I mean Philosophy + Mathematics isn't going to get me a high paying job, but the combo might provide a nice foundation for entering into a field of study or work that I wouldn't otherwise have had, teaching for example.

So perhaps I have been a bit overly-cynical due to my own ignorance of what options are actually provided by the universities. I do sometimes post thoughts like these, but I do try to step back and reflect on this, which I'm doing now. I do think that some of my perspectives last evening are likely valid, but I think that I was leaving out many degree path options. Also, a major within STEM is NOT bad in my opinion. My frustration is with the economic over-emphasis on STEM that I feel I've seen.

I have decided my college path now. Dual-major in Philosophy and Mathematics. This is totally an option. There are actually many great options like this for college. Just to be clear my frustrations have more to do with the structure of government funding than with the colleges/universities themselves. Also, I'm a bit skeptical/critical of over-emphasis on any particular major or groups of majors like STEM. I'm even self critical of my own thoughts and feelings, and they may evolve as I progress

Employers are missing out if they think that philosophy degrees are weaker than STEM degrees, especially in the tech/startup industry. Don't underestimate the deep creative thinking and problem solving skills that are invoked via philosophical inquiry.

I have to focus on what my passion is I think.

I think that I may just go for "Liberal Arts with an emphasis in Philosophy". Then I'll get some math credits within there for credentials. We'll see how it goes.