No, it doesn't seem very creative to me.
replyI don't think I've ever sounded so cynical in my life, but something about the way sci-fi fandom bleeds into real science really makes me deeply uncomfortable.
cynicism and critique are comfortable positions imo. i appreciate the relatively newfound cultural shift back towards earnestness (although i can already feel the pendulum starting to swing back)
replyI generally see myself as an earnest person, but some kinds of earnestness read as cynical to me.
replyskimming your comment history, to me you seem very comfortable occupying the sociocultural critic position which is to some degree inherently cynical imo. i say that because i also recognize it in myself
reply> No, it doesn't seem very creative to me.
replyYou don't think exploring a problem/possibility space (heh) that is probably unobtainable is an effort in creativity?
It is creative as long as you acknowledge it's unobtainable. But in threads like this, fantasy and reality tend to blur.
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