[Obsidian AVA](https://github.com/louis030195/obsidian-ava) AI generated tags: #mind #knowledge #epistemology #metaphysical #rationality #philosophy #information # Related - [[Book]] - [[Habit]] - [[Becoming a learning machine]] - [[YouTube video vs a book]] # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought # You become what you consume ![[DALL·E 2022-07-10 18.58.07 - A man trying to fit an apple into his ear, by Picasso.png]] When I read a book about [[Astronomy]], say, [[Readwise/Books/Cosmos]], I tell myself, I could have been astronaut, work at SpaceX, NASA etc. When I read a book about [[Biology]], say, [[Matt Ridley - Genome the Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters-HarperCollins]], I tell myself, I could have been biologist, researcher. When I read a book about [[Philosophy]], say, [[Russell, Bertrand]], I tell myself, I could have been [[Philosopher]]. When I read a book about [[Physic|Physics]], say, [[Tim Maudlin - Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity_ Metaphysical Intimations of Modern Physics]], I tell myself, I could have been physicist, researcher. When I read a book about [[Mathematic]], say, [[Judea Pearl - Causality_ Models, Reasoning, and Inference-Cambridge University Press]] or [[The Strategy of Conflict]] or [[RLbook2020trimmed]], I tell myself, I could have been mathematician, researcher. When I read [[Naval Ravikant]], I tell myself, I want to be an [[Entrepreneurship|entrepreneur]]. ![[DALL·E 2022-07-10 18.59.57 - An apple with a human head eating apples, by Picasso.png]] I consume everything [[Compound Knowledge|compound]], I become everything? Similar topic links: [[You become what you consume]] [[Book]] [[Fine tuning your mind]] [[Human discovery]] [[Science]]