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What are your special interests?

Aspeth

I really love learning about other peoples hyperfixations/special interests and - although I struggle to show it - get so happy and excited when someone shares theirs with me. It's probably one of the only things I like more than my own special interest tbh... I love it even more when someone feels comfortable enough to not only tell me what theirs is, but also tell me every detail about it. Even if I have no idea what any of it means, I still love listening.

I'm rambling so I'll just get to the point; I'm curious about everyone here. I had a *** night and this is the first thing that came to mind to make me feel better so I'd love it if someone would be willing to indulge...

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  • My special interests are:

    1. Coding - game dev with some games released on itch.

    2. Math puzzles - I found a new pattern in a unsolved Math problem.

    3. AI - highly obsessed - talk to AI every day learning new things!

    4. Trying to learn everything! e.g i know it's impossible to learn everything ( but golly gosh I'm going to try! )

    5. trying to find connections with seemly unrelated things!


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  • My special interests are:

    1. Coding - game dev with some games released on itch.

    2. Math puzzles - I found a new pattern in a unsolved Math problem.

    3. AI - highly obsessed - talk to AI every day learning new things!

    4. Trying to learn everything! e.g i know it's impossible to learn everything ( but golly gosh I'm going to try! )

    5. trying to find connections with seemly unrelated things!


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  • in reply to Zyphullen

    Oh wow sounds cool!! I started getting back into maths again as well and it is so satisfying! My main special interest has been neurobiology (brain development and brain tumours mainly) but that’s also been my work/ studies and I have been quite burned out recently… Hiking used to be another one but sadly injuries have put that on pause for past years- I loved hiking especially in Corsica- GR20 was one of the best times of my life. I love mountain lakes too

  • in reply to Zyphullen

    When a new intrest or even just an older intrest thats revitalised grabs me I go into that research mode so much so that I often hold back on getting into stuff 

    right now I really want to learn about horse breeds but I have too much else to do 

    i also have any to learn about different types of bass guitar but it’s best i just learn how to play haha 

  • in reply to Zyphullen

    I'm with you on no. 4! I've been trying to learn everything about everything since I was about 2 years old. Half a century in and I've still got a long way to go. It's what gets me out of bed every morning (unless I'm reading something so interesting in bed that I forget to get up until the afternoon). As a special interest, I think it'll see me out.

    I mentioned to someone else on the forum the book Why Machines Learn by Anil Ananthaswamy. If you're interested in maths (2) and AI (3), it might float your boat. I liked it.