Generations of academics active today have almost irreversibly internalized the belief that the pursuit of knowledge involves a kind of fight. That automatic pushback and debate is more important than anything else, including listening and clarifying. It’s a huge waste and Idk how to fix it
Doing formal/computational theory in a multidisciplinary intersection is wonderful because neuroscientists say it’s not biological enough, it’s too theoretical for AI folks, too applied for theoretical computer scientists, not empirical enough for cognitive scientists, & too formal for philosophers💫
I personally call my brain "you little shit" most of the time