What Does Your Avatar Say About You?

What meaning, significance, or idea are you trying to convey through the
picture in your avatar?

There are some very unusual pictures out there. They are for the
most part everyone else's 'picture' of you. Surely, there is a reason why
you chose that particular picture/graphic to be your surrogate image.

(There was a somewhat similar thread back in 2005, well before the
majority of today's members joined -- me included.)

I guess that it's only fair that I should start.

My picture is an extract from a page in the annotated illustrated "children's"
book, Cybernetics! ostensibly written by one "Stanislaw Mayakovski" in
2172. Basically it is a story about the adventures of "Ari," a man-made,
micro-miniaturized, computerized ant.

In the picture, Ari is protecting her friend Bill, a small beetle that rides on
ants and grooms them, from a large spider. To the question of how/why an
ant would have a built in miniaturized cold plasma laser, Mayakovski
answered: "I'd want one."

Jerry Prosser's annotation, adds:

"He gave an ant a gun and presented his findings as a children's book. He
once replied to criticism that his work [in natural and artificial intelligence]
and findings were shoddy by saying, ' It is only the limited imagination
that takes refuge in the banal structure of formal science. A childlike sense
of wonder and curiosity transcends these limitations and is more faithful to
the aims of science than academic dogma and conceit. That is why I write
for children.' "

Well, the idea of a working, sentient, man-made ant somehow reminded me
of the Prius. And there are times, mostly when I'm driving, that I would like
a built-in laser weapon to, well... express my displeasure.

I liked the story and especially the art work. I fully support the sentiment
that a "childlike sense of wonder and curiosity" is necessary for all learners,
young and old alike.

You learn best when you're having fun. I'm learning a lot here on PriusChat.

Cybernetics!, Text by Rick Geary. Drawings by Jerry Prosser, 1992.
"Manufactured in the United States." ISBN1-878574-29-9.
(Basically, it is a hard back comic book.)

 

Uh... is there a picture of Mrs. Ruler of Omicron Persei 8 and any little ones?

 

catgic,

Is it fair to paraphrase your post as:

An avatar is what it is, no more, no less.