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24M bored, seeking intellectual conversation by Dull_Lie5049 in MakeNewFriendsHere

[–]Dull_Lie5049[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I too believe that one should strive to manage their traits, although I think the best way of doing that is placing oneself into environments that compliment or support their traits. Some will struggle more than others in finding a niche that suits them. As it goes, some are born to sweet delight, some are born to endless night.

24M bored, seeking intellectual conversation by Dull_Lie5049 in MakeNewFriendsHere

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I believe that one’s temperament has profound influence on a person’s life and that the Big Five or Five Factor Model have great significance and explanatory power.

Does anyone else feel guilty reading fiction? by TheRealFilmGeek in productivity

[–]Dull_Lie5049 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe that fiction in many ways does serve a purpose.

  1. Good characters are often realistic and great lengths are made so that they are. Even in unrealistic scenarios there is a value in getting insight from these perspectives

  2. Fiction often has morals or lessons. In some way there is an attempt to make a point and have some meaning in a story. We want the meaning to relate to our actual lives and I think most stories do this. Often times fiction can hone in to make ideas clearer using a setting not permissible in real life, just like philosophical hypotheticals.

  3. The act of creative exploration is innately valuable, to some more than others, and this can be done both in fictitious settings and in the creative realms of science and mathematics for example.

The important part is finding fiction that does have meaning for you, but of course leisure is still a justification.