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Life itself is algorithmic, as our DNA seems to prove, so why can't human compatibility be algorithmic?

Let's talk painting. Do you have any favorite art movement? Any painter whose works you particularly enjoy? In this thread, I invite you to share your top 3 favorite painters ever, and feel free to explain what you like about their works.

Have you guys heard of it? https://www.ex-christian.net/ The MO is helping struggling christians and new exchristians along in their stages of deconversion. Yeah, I've heard of them when looking up Christian online communities on various search engines. Considering the supernatural coincidences tha...

I hope you all have (had) a merry Christmas and joyful holidays! God bless us every one!

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The "2045 Initiative" is a nonprofit organization that develops a network and community of researchers in the field of life extension. It was founded by Russian entrepreneur Dmitry Itskov in February 2011 with the participation of Russian specialists in the field of neural interfaces, rob...

Have you guys heard of it? https://www.ex-christian.net/ The MO is helping struggling christians and new exchristians along in their stages of deconversion. Yeah, I've heard of them when looking up Christian online communities on various search engines. Considering the supernatural coincidences tha...

Have you ever come across a non-fiction book that you would call "life changing"? Has any non-fiction book had such a powerful impact upon your beliefs or principles that it made you see life in a different light (whether in a positive or a negative manner)? Feel free to share the title(s)...

Yes. "Bildungsroman" would usually be the genre that includes novels and novellas about a protagonist's youth and maturing. I'm actually working on a novel that could be considered a bildungsroman, but I don't know whether I will finish it anytime soon. Some publishers nowadays seem to be ...

Is there a word count limit where a short story becomes a novella? Are there strict criteria that differentiate short stories from novellas? I'm guessing that short stories would have less elaborate subplots or no subplots at all, but is that an actual criterion that publishers use to define whether...