# Summary of #hplusroadmap IRC Log (Dec 26, 2013)

This was a relatively quiet day in the channel with minimal substantive discussion. The few notable points include:

* A brief philosophical exchange referencing Karl Marx's quote "The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it," which was connected to the DIY bio/transhumanist declaration (http://diyhpl.us/wiki/declaration/).

* Discussion about the role of philosophers in changing the world, with some debate about whether philosophers merely interpret or actually influence world events through their ideas.

* A participant shared and successfully retrieved a scientific paper about a protocol using paperbot, demonstrating the channel's knowledge-sharing capabilities (Nature Protocols paper with DOI 10.1038/nprot.2011.371).

* A brief mention of gradstudentbot, an automated bot that randomly contributes graduate student-like comments during channel activity, which appears to be a humorous simulation of academic life.

* Channel participants noted that reading the scientific articles shared via paperbot could be intellectually enriching, suggesting the channel serves as a knowledge distribution mechanism for transhumanist and scientific content.