THE ARGUMENTATIVE THEORY A Conversation with Hugo Mercier Introduction Last July, opening the Edge Seminar, "The New Science of Morality", Jonathan Haidt digressed to talk about two recently-published papers in Behavioral and Brain Sciences which he believed were "so important that the abstracts from them should be posted in...

[Extract from Book: Observations] [Words and meta-pattern by Ayoub Qanir] “New...

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I am currently reading one of (probably) the best books in the hard sci-fi genre, it appears that...

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Could Einstein's Theory of Relativity be slipping into the past as a discredited misunderstanding? And could it be replaced with an intuitive and simplified scientific truth that was discovered over a century ago? A major turning point in the public’s understanding of science came about a century ago, with the introduction of Einstein’s...

Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not...

THE VERY PRIMITIVE EXISTENCE OF MAN IS THE WAR BETWEEN GOD AND SATAN.- GEORGE

Scentsory DiagNOSE The oncology journey is often a very lonely time for the cancer sufferer. My...

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A little change to what the porn industry invented gets you the cheapest robot body. Baloon women...

There are some compositions that echo in me so slowly as if I am traveling to another life that...

This is the first in a series of posts about art, the moon, and art on the moon. You would think...

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i miss sailing. i miss hawaii. i miss my parents. i miss being a kid. i miss my creativity. i miss happiness. will i ever be happy? will i ever be able to become a better designer? school is so overwhelming. architecture is really hard. am i cut out for this? all we do is do things on the computer. wheres the creativity without adobe suite...

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Statistically inputs and outputs to neurons subconsciously without extra hardware. A neuron...

I see plainly how external images influence the image that I call my body: they...

The 'Conscious Pilot' is a new model of the neural correlate of consciousness (NCC) consistent with the Orch OR model. The basic idea is that spatiotemporal envelopes of dendritic gamma synchrony move through the brain's neuronal networks. The movement is sideways to neurocomputational flow, occurring via dendritic-dendritic gap junction...

The universe equals Chaitin's Constant. I will explain how to use it statistically to create a...

A time of revolution and of change, of both the catastrophic collapse and the meteoric rise of...

◊● astrophysics, perspectives Carl Sagan: The Cosmic Calendar / Pale Blue Dot / "To all citizens of the cosmos" / Carl Sagan warns against the fear of Science / On Mars & The Excluded Middle / Ted Turner Interviews Carl Sagan / Charlie Rose - Carl Sagan / Carl Sagan, Stephen Hawking, & Arthur C. Clarke // Albert Einstein:...

I am looking for recommended sources on Gonzo journalism. I have some sources, some ideas on the topic: I was supposed to transcribe, the two guys I couldn’t understand were in some kind of Las Vegas fast-food joint…and after a while, I just said, ‘Well, it sounds to me like they’re saying this,’ so I would type it in. I had my own...

INT. Panel shows avatars for Watch, Castle and Chart. The first one lights up kaleidoscopically, the other two go to blank and a flatline. CUT TO: INT. Sin's office. SIN Anyone seen Chart? Comms to the ship seem to be down. ILSA I can bring Scope up. What are we looking for? SIN There are...

"This Hamnet?" Ilsa asked. "Speaking." "You had sent an inquiry...

red earth modulated, baked on stacked surrounds. the ground swell. from the dust came I. from...

1. A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be...

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"If coincidences are just coincidences, why do they feel so contrived?"

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I’ve watched last week “ Transcendent Man” - the documentary about Ray Kurzweil, his life and ideas. For anyone who read the book “The singularity is near” or watched one of his lectures in the recent years there is not much new in the film. While I’ve got a lot to say about Ray Kurzweil and his work (maybe in another post) I would...

First, early philosophers created "good" and "human value" based on nature - as...

When I think, study, learn, or even act (or try to), I do so under the pre-supposition that the past - the classical - is better than the modern. In the simplest of explanations, I would argue that modernity is embodied by decadence and stupidity. Of course, this doesn't apply to all, but for the most part, the world in which we move on a daily...

its the silents that get(s) me.. gets to me thats is. its not quite silence, its all those, silent minds; the voices- words that die unspoken; their only friend is Echo. who's there? that has a ready ear. a steadier hear has never found its ear- nor its rest. but the echos only bounce back câb snüøb. seeing my self....

the mirror and the stare from metaevol i am ailing! i am ailing, in distuned repose- some...

underneath the atrium she empties her box contents strewn in the corridor hiding behind a column as my ghost wanders rooms devoid the collateral damages of invisible demons long since left rotting structures unaware of their inheritance a lone rubber boot the only proof of life lines echoing stairwells labyrinthine my voice calls to...

Copyright: Samuel Monnier 2011 original work found here... Dan Wills reports (via...

I believe in the importance of using our imaginations in our daily lives and that a highly refined imagination is an incredibly valuable outcome resulting from the daily attendance of ones inner landscape.

By making choices that lay a groundwork for the betterment of ourself, our family, our community and our planet we can build an world in which we can live and thrive.

Kevin Townley, a long time practitioner and scholar of Alchemy and other esoteric disciplines,...

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