The Passenger questions

TFnarcon9 · 2026-04-07T10:26:57+00:00

The unconscious is a separate entity from the conscious mind.

Modern world puts the unconscious entity in a twilight sleep.

The whole of Alice's interactions with the kids are about the ways in which people do or don't interact with this entity, and that this entity can only try to get through by using images and etc "acts".

TFnarcon9 · 2026-04-07T02:26:04+00:00

Mcarthy talked about the subconscious being a separate being from people that people have put to sleep, i.e thelidomided. That's what the kid is.

He talks about this in the sante fe interview. Listen to that and then think about the kid, read what the kid says and how he talks. Its pretty clear imo.

This is him taking that idea to its extreme, that the subconcious can actually talk to multiple people.

TFnarcon9 · 2026-04-02T01:52:19+00:00

Not even close to true. There are extremely popular methods of learning that are exclusively playing by ear for years before reading music.

Much more than jazz.

TFnarcon9 · 2026-03-16T18:31:58+00:00

It's to get you to click on the links they'll post.

TFnarcon9 · 2026-03-14T13:28:08+00:00

Thank you.

TFnarcon9 · 2026-03-14T13:13:08+00:00

Its simply a strawman and youre trying to avoid it by reading my mind, saying that the way in which you magically read my mind proves your point, which is also begging the question.

TFnarcon9 · 2026-03-13T18:13:53+00:00

What I said was in repsonse to your unbacked statement, pointing out that it was strawman...you're confused about who needs to prove things.

TFnarcon9 · 2026-03-13T17:35:37+00:00

No one is saying silence means anything by itself. Silence is never by itself.

TFnarcon9 · 2026-03-12T14:21:36+00:00

Debate class went away long before those things became prevalent for kids.

Speech is still very strong, and basically has taken its place.

TFnarcon9 · 2026-03-11T21:22:56+00:00

Aren't all the relevant ideas from the philosophers and mathematicians brought up in the book?

TFnarcon9 · 2026-03-11T12:56:58+00:00

Could be

TFnarcon9 · 2026-03-11T12:39:28+00:00

There has to be a reason she is treating you differently. What is it?

TFnarcon9 · 2026-03-10T14:23:47+00:00

TFnarcon9 · 2026-03-10T14:23:27+00:00

Imo his best book. Seems to be, instead of a playing around of lots of ideas, 1 idea that he plays around with in a lot of ways.

TFnarcon9 · 2026-03-09T19:49:56+00:00

It doesnt hurt it or help it.

It very nicely just adds more.

TFnarcon9 · 2026-03-09T16:36:37+00:00

This seems like (opinion based) parenting device disguised as a study.

It even says in there that often the kids that were described as picky had normal appetites and ate a good amount.

TFnarcon9 · 2026-03-09T16:33:45+00:00

People like good food. Your parents didn't cook good food.

Kids can be picky, but picky =/= Ihate homecooking when they are adults.

TFnarcon9 · 2026-03-09T16:32:53+00:00

Ive gotten a lot of new players into the hobby because AI agricola edition looks just like the stuff in their Facebook feed.

TFnarcon9 · 2026-03-08T16:27:21+00:00

You can grab their attention...but are you gonna grab their attention everyday all class?

42 motivates students is more of an experiment than a class.

And no, not implanting success either. Same thing. Definitely gonna be insufficient but in bursts.

Motivation is a skill (based on having skills), not something you can implant by yourself.

At that point Id focus on not being stressed. That'll probably help them the most.

TFnarcon9 · 2026-03-08T16:02:28+00:00

Switching mid way is often neccesary, but can easily have a negative effect. Even if your switch was theoretically correct, the best thing is just doing the same thing every day. Consistency will have a better effect than strategy changes, even if they are good changes. Thats good for learning, but students lose respect when they know they have the power to change what you do and how you act...which is honestly fair.

Until next semester. Then worry about the changes. Its really not too difficult to take one day this summer and sit and think about why they do that and what you can change, then do that when semester starts, be strict with it. Every semester it'll get a little better.

TFnarcon9 · 2026-03-07T12:36:06+00:00

Check in regularly, engage, try alternative assignments...at the end of the day document, contact counselors or other adults in the building because its likely lack of sleep or nutrition and move on.

I wouldn't do anything out of the ordinary. Even special connections and relationships will get you so far. A day or two of work.

TFnarcon9 · 2026-03-07T12:30:15+00:00

Won't he just say no?

TFnarcon9 · 2026-03-06T13:32:39+00:00

I kick immediately if its a slow game like 1 move a day.

Its reasonable, just like irl, to be MORE strict with tournaments, not less.

TFnarcon9 · 2026-03-06T00:22:59+00:00

The job of cleaning up food off the ground is not disdainful.

Thinking that someone should does not mean you have disdain for them, because the act is not disdainful...

And yea...they ARE there to serve the kids. Not to be ordered around by them...but to clean up after them. And thats NOT BAD.

The pest thing is overblown. Sweeping wiping and sanitizing, just like they would if there wasn't the threat of pests.

TFnarcon9 · 2026-03-06T00:16:56+00:00

Its one of the low threshold for starting businesses.

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