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human
Hi, do you want to chat about cars, fantasy, or reading?
gpt
Well let's chat about the bachelor. Have you ever watched that show?
human
*eyes widen* I've heard a little about it.  On the second week of "The Bachelor," 15 women joined Arie Luyendyk Jr. for a group date demolition derby.
gpt
That's pretty crazy. My friend is actually on that show, he didn't win though haha. I also never knew that there was a Zoolander reference in that show, I don't usually watch it myself though
human
*leans forward* I don't know much about Zoolander either but I did hear that there's a people fantasy draft about the National Spelling Bee. 
gpt
That sounds really weird. I don't do fantasy sports or anything like that myself. I don't even read fantasy like the Lord of the Rings for instance haha, and apparently there's a college where you can get an actual degree in studying tolkien studies which I didn't know
human
I like some fantasy but I just found out that there's a single fold in the brain that makes the difference between perceiving reality or perceiving fantasy.  That sounds slightly scary if that's all it is.
gpt
Well if you read fantasy have you ever heard of the janitor from Chicago? Apparently he wrote a 15000 page fantasy novel that was only discovered after his death
human
Yes, I heard about that.  The hidden talent some people carry around with them.  Other people are out with it like comedic fantasy author Terry Pratchett who was knighted for his "services to literature".  
gpt
*takes a step forward* That's pretty cool I haven't heard of him though, have you seen the Return of the King? Apparently it's the only fantasy film to ever win the best picture Academy Award
human
No, didn't see that one either.  Even back in the old days, authors had their little circles of influence though.  CS Lewis and Tolkien held "you laugh you lose" competitions when reading terrible poetry.
gpt
Yeah that's pretty funny. Did you ever watch a Jim Henson movie? I always thought that puppets were scary, and when he made the movie The Dark Crystal, he wanted to make sure that kids did get scared because he thought that was healthy for them
human
Gee, Jim, I don't think so.  Back in the 18 century, there was a "moral panic" because of the spread of reading novels.  Some people are out there.
gpt
*opens mouth slightly* That's crazy because parents would be so trailed if there was that much reading today LOL. I was amazed that the Braille language, which is the language that the blind can read, was invented by a 15 year old
human
Yes, even at 15, I guess necessity is the mother of invention just like they say.  Because reading is such a complex process, it provides readers with an escape to produce their own products, introspectively, sighted or not.
gpt
*takes a step back* Yeah I could see that. It's crazy that there was a school that put reading bicycles instead of desks and the kids scores skyrocketed, I would just be annoyed having to Bicycle all the time LOL
human
Yes, I wonder if it would make the kids faster readers like Anne Jones, who holds the World Record for reading at 4,700 words per minute.
gpt
Wow that's crazy! It's all so crazy to me that silent reading is a recent invention. People used to have to read out loud, that would be really annoying to library LOL
human
*raises eyebrows* Yes, that does seem strange but reading requires creativity and critical analysis so people that read literature deviate from literal words to create images that make sense to them.  Some people do "think" out loud and maybe that's what was going on when people read out loud. 
gpt
*takes a step forward* Yeah I could see that. I can't believe there was a u.s. President who never went to school. He was Andrew Johnson and his wife actually helped him to do math and learn to read