A little introduction

My name is Frederic Joly, student number 5723728.

I have chosen to make a blog for several reasons. The first is that this format will allow me to include pictures and links to videos, which will make it far more interesting than a simple paper. More importantly however, this format will allow me to organize my thoughts in a way that is optimal to me, rather than following a set of steps as defined by no one and everyone.

Initially, I had wanted to simply create a journal of my thoughts, and show their evolution throughout the semester. However, I have instead decided to discuss these ideas as I see them now, while occasionally including a few fragments of the things that I had written down during class.

Many of the things that I wrote down had little to do with the core topic at hand. Most of my notes are instead realizations and epiphanies that I had while letting my thoughts run off on tangents. Thus, there is usually a link to the discussions and the topics discussed in class, but they often end up in places that the class as a whole did not venture into.

Lately, I have found that I enjoy writing, but not in the way that academia wants me to. I find their format too constraining. This blog is intended to be a collection of ideas, rather than trying to argue a single point, like in a paper.Therefore, my thesis is that I have none.

Early on in the semester, Claude talked about sticking one's neck out, i.e. the notion of putting oneself "out there" for others to criticize, judge, appraise, etc. I almost never spoke out in class, because of my shyness. I simply can't stand being in the spotlight. Instead, I present myself now, and make myself refutable by giving you, the reader, the chance to hear my ideas. Feel free to make use of the comments section.

Lastly, in all my posts, I try to incorporate food for thought. I often find myself trying to truly think outside the box, by tackling ideas that dwarf my understanding of the world. Ideas so big that my mind cannot even begin to fathom them. I hope that I will succeed in bringing your thoughts to new and unexplored places... and in blowing your mind.