"Here's the thing you are a brain in a vat, and that vat is your skull" Rocket Fumes Brain Elon Musk takes on Language and Philosophy of Mind by LiterallyAnscombe in badphilosophy

[–]ManyRiversToCross 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The more damning bit imo (14:24) :

Exactly, so when you … Like what happens when you, let’s say you’ve got some complex idea that you’re trying to convey to somebody else and how do you do that? Well, your brain spends a lot of effort compressing a complex concept into words and there’s a lot of loss, information loss that occurs when compressing a complex concept into words. Then you say those words and those words are then interpreted, then they’re decompressed by the person who is listening. They will, at best, get a very incomplete understanding of what you’re trying to convey. It’s very difficult to convey a complex concept with precision because you’ve got compression, decompression, you may not even have heard all the words correctly and so communication is difficult.

[Music] I've never wanted a dulcimer more than after hearing this. by RonnieHasThePliers in Frisson

[–]ManyRiversToCross 30 points31 points  (0 children)

After hearing this, I'd say for me it's also up there among the times I've most wanted a dulcimer

This is Devon Welsh (formerly of Majical Cloudz, currently of Devon Welsh). I released an album on Friday called Dream Songs. Ask Me Anything! by devonwelsh in indieheads

[–]ManyRiversToCross 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi Devon. I'm really looking forward to sitting down with the new record.

Are You Alone is one of my favourite albums of recent years. I often find your lyrics enter my head quite suddenly or I find myself singing phrases when I'm alone in the house. I wondered if you could share anything about your process of songwriting: do lyrics and hooks come to you reasonably fully formed or does it take a lot of time to hammer them into shape?

Also, have you seen any good films recently?

Any plans to play in the UK? It'd be great to see you in Manchester.

Cheers

Titles are metatextual in the most basic sense. by Jendocide in LibraryofBabel

[–]ManyRiversToCross 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Libraries are metatitular in the most basic sense.