Veeky Forums and intellectual development

Be honest Veeky Forums this isn't a board that's too self-depreciating.

have you guys noticed any effects of Veeky Forums on your intellectual and emotional/social development, that is to say, knowledge base, ability to find patterns and confidence in self etc.

I'm talking about both, negative effects it has and positive effects.

After quitting Veeky Forums entirely for a week my experience turned hell, because all the pain that I was keeping inside came flooding out with nothing for me to munch on, as a substitute for real thing. But it never really satisfies the urge.
I think everyone should do it, than come back here with a knowingness about how aware you need to be, and realize need for real human interaction. The world outside isn't so bad.

I know the last part is but the paragraph above really does have sci value, eve if it's meme psychology within Veeky Forums context.

>the urge
*meant to say the actual appetite

It's true actually, once you really long human connection you'll ignore people's flaws, I am saying this because when you say 'not good enough' and quit, you're running away from a battle. It's just that hard, but do it anyway. You only need a few good people in your life. There are plenty of smart people who didn't discover Veeky Forums, is what I'm basically saying.

Screw you user, I am just as autist as you are.
Thread's getting off-topic.

Using Veeky Forums other than fun is a bad idea, at least when it comes to me
If I want papers I ask, yes, reddit science related subs
Same for books though algorithms are very and more helpful for that

I do like to spread my intellectual bullshit around here so maybe people might pick-up the papers and books I've read

You have to go back

I have gotten a lot of good advice and resources since lurking sci. From what textbooks to read, to how to get them, to getting a general grasp on both the mathematical community and science community (from humor, to current research, to memes, etc...) that i havent gotten anywhere else and certainly not school.

Yes there is a lot of mindnumbing shit to wade through from /pol/ bait threads on race, flat earth, -1/12, climate change. But hell even those threads have either forced me to do rigorous research ont he topics on my own or get fantastic evidence and references from other posters. That all combined with genuinely feeding my love of simply arguing for the sake of it (even if i know they are baiting). Honestly i find it super satisfying when bait threads die after good evidence or arguments surface.

More importantly it has encouraged me to pursue science further than i think i would have if i didnt come here.

I hate to say it but i dont think more productive boards do anything to harm or stifle people. In reality they merely shone a mirror back on those who were long struggling with life before they came here.

With that said you can totally get fugg up and pilled by /b/ and /pol/.

But with all that aside i think the boards are 100% what you make of them and most posters are already too insecure or hateful to make anything out of it.

So, id say mostly Veeky Forums is neutral, but can be a fantastic resource if used properly. But it certainly doesnt harm or save anyone.

Delving through the archives of Veeky Forums, finding neat shit, trying it out, then discussing it with current users has helped me discover a lot of useful resources and pushed me to think in new ways. That's how I meme'd the Pre-Calculus book by Stitz-Zeager here to good responses.

I think you have to be careful if your goal is self-improvement, since you need to have the right picture, the right introduction, and the right nudging to get a useful conversation going, and sometimes the seemingly worst posts get great responses and vice versa.

The end goal of Veeky Forums is to leave forever though, so don't stay here too long. We're very harsh and critical, even the smarter people, which is great for separating the cream from the crap and forging good ideas over time, but it's not good for being productive.

I used to spend a long time on /pol/. The shit posts don't do anything. The well-researched posts made me realize that liberalism, in its current form is stupid. I'm now somewhere balancing "civic nationalism", "socioeconomic realism", cultural traditionalism, and economic socialism, and I generally feel a lot more free to talk about what I want to talk about without the fear of thinking I'm a terrible person. It's actually kind of insane how much self-censoring we do, even if talking about an issue would help out the people who need the most help.

If you're an idiot schizophrenic, then maybe /pol/ can fuck you up. But I liked my time there. Used to vent there too, but I've outgrown /pol/.

>It's actually kind of insane how much self-censoring we do
Indeed
I think it is funny that the term autism is thrown around here a lot, according to expert on autism Simon Baron-Cohen, autistic people don't do this to themselves
I come here for that reason, to be free

Here I can even say stuff that is controversial to Veeky Forums subculture