Informational Existential Crisis
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Guys, intellectually I'm all spooked out. I can't stand philosophy because of all the unfalsifiable garbage. Many fields like economics etc are just applied common sense and stamp collecting. I see novels as nothing but entertainment despite pretentious people claiming life / philosophical insights and tonnes of people will consider you a disgusting plebeian if you don't initially read shitloads of boring as fuck canon novels.
I think I am painfully adapting to the idea of the Internet age / information overload by abandoning any pretension that I can be an all rounder or even dilettante in everything. There are ten trillion books called "Introduction to [broad and important field]", even if you only have one of each field.
History is similar to novels. Shitloads of reading along with a shitload pretension thrown on top telling you that you truly cannot no nuthin unless you have an in depth understanding of the Greeks / Romans / Christianity / USA / WW1 / WW2 / financial systems / or shitloads of other topics I can't stand it. And then there's current events. I don't care about climate change, outer space, inequality, China, the EU (as long as it doesn't stir up too much shit), applied psychology, the education system, diversity (as long as people aren't treated badly), Russia, South America, refugees, nutrition, mental health, and more. Admitting just one of these would make me an iredeemable idiot, no doubt.
Has anyone else had similar thoughts? The spooks are powerful and must be removed but their removal leaves your mind in a promordial state that is more susceptible to spooks than before.
>>8045647
>Has anyone else had similar thoughts?
Yes
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This is the main reason I masturbate to Japanese drawings of underage school children
So, basically, you are having a fit because you can't be a polymath? Just read and learn whatever you like. There's no deadline to meet and no final exam. I think the elitism many people on this board exhibit has had a bad influence on you.
Wow anon
Are you me
>>8045647
>I can't stand philosophy because of all the unfalsifiable garbage.
>The spooks are powerful and must be removed
...
Real advice: don't worry about it. Learn about the things that interest you. Sometimes you'll find that you don't understand something and that you need to learn something else (some other logic, math, history, whatever) to get it, and at that point you can decide whether it's worthwhile to keep pursuing. Eventually this procedure will probably lead to you being pretty intellectually well rounded. Or if not, you'll know a couple things really well, which is also good.
Also, I don't think a good response to not understanding a bunch of fields (philosophy, economics, literature, history, etc.) or even why people are interested in them is to shit on them.
