This reminds me of my bachelor where I lookied into scientific worldviews and pitched them against religios worldviews. What follows isn’t really a weakness of science, but a point that stuck with me.

More specificly, the value of science in times of crisis vs. religion in times of crisis. Science of course is very good at offering helpful advice, inform decisionmaking, and lower risks of anyone getting harmed if aplicable. What Religion on the other hand does well is taking care of emotional needs, since it offers a framework of understanding that illivates giref and guilt. I read a paper on islam providing the possibility that a loved one who has died from the plague would go to ‘heaven’. (The paper was about the plague and the reaction in Islam to that catastrophe). So that was one worry taken care of. My firend, familymember died, but I know that they are with Allah. So that is comforting. Also, religion provides community. There are communities that are very tightly knit, due to regular meetings at the church, meaning that there may be someone to talk to, when you face an issue you’d like help with.

I am not aware of Scientific centers creating intimate bonds as religion supposedly does. I do not take part in either as I am not a scientis, nor an avid believer.

Man, it’s been to long… :3

While consumerism can form around virtually anything, I don’t think celebrating birthdays formed based on consumerism. I think it is actually quite important in childhood to acknowledge the childs growth, and birthdays are one way to do that. it is also a great way to show a person that you care for them by coming together and celebrating them.

Also, celebrating another year is such a more positive way of looking at it, compared to: I am one year closer to the grave. just looking at it through that lense sounds awful, and it also can be quite meaningless: Maybe I’ll die of old age, maybe I’ll die in a freak accident within the next 24h.

my instance had problems earlier today and this is the first thing i see… i wish it still had issues o_o

The lensflares were obnoxious, but i really enjoyed this design of a clean, industrial Enterprise. I especially like the engineering deck/room. Where the warpcore goes. You know what I mean xD

Gesetzlich Böse.

Müssen wir uns jetzt bekämpfen oder zu einem Konglumerat zusammenschließen? :D

Verpasst? Warum verpasst? Pack doch einfach mit. :)

I don’t know. In my homecountry it is however very common

ZANGENDEUTSCH

LLMs were fascinating and I very rarely use one if I can’t find information online for the life of me.

I hate what OpenAI, Anthropic, Grok etc are doing to get the training data. Whatever I put only is likely scanned and gobbled up by some AI Agent. I am an Artist. Uploading art has always been uncomfortable to me, now with scraping I truly hate it. i am glad there are services like Glaze and Nightshade, but there are some shitheads working on cracking these. I worry about missing legislation. I worry about the security breaches. I am not sure if they are mere marketing, but regardless, it shows how capable AI Agents are, and how much damage they can cause.

Ok

Nıɹǝʇɥɔüzuɥnɥuǝsoɹ

I think rest in respect of mental wellbeing. It depends on the culture a little, but I feel it is all about punctuality, productivity, how you can contribute to your countries gdp etc. Work more, not smarter. It’s tiring. I shall take a nap now. Merzweckeier.

The genes were strong, but you were stronger xD

Without speaking, the owl had taught me many wisdoms, one being to never trust an owl.

DNIK

Ich habe zu viel gesagt!

Beer.

Sincerely, a German.

Zeit ist seit der Pandemie ohnehin irrelevant. 😵‍💫

Es ist viel perfider. Wir haben das von langer Hand so geplant, um dich reinzulegen! Jahaaa.