Cosmogenesis (X-chromosomes)

Time was when God judged Kings Sages Who judges now? -Friedrich Holderlin Here’s my opinion if it means anything at all where are the great rivals building monuments to themselves and smashing them down? Opposing armies in raiding parties Have they all lost their nerve? The steady decline of expectation this just in… Stars are …

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So You Think You’ve Got a Theory for Everything (Yes I Realize It’s Theory of Everything)

Theories right now are bullish, we are in the midst of an ideas and information boom. But before we oversaturate the market and cause a crash, let's take stock of what we know right now. It's easy to tear apart a theory, if on no other grounds than appeals to authority, confirmation bias, ad hominem …

Work in Relationship to AI

What is the wisdom in referring to getting paid for work as 'reward' instead of 'compensation' 'salary' 'wage' or even 'bacon'? I say it is part of the transition to virtual worlds in the blockchain and easy street pensions equal to just above minimum wage. But this is all a bit too speculative, since it …

Leibniz, Husserl, Godel

The following is an introduction to a future post on Gottfried Leibniz' characteristica universalis in the context of the philosophy (and mathematics) of Godel and Husserl, each making their own contributions to the larger TOE (Theory of Everything), see also: 'learning (intelligence) without a brain' https://wordpress.com/post/thetimeoftheplace.com/298 Towards the end of his life, Kurt Godel became …

“Learning Without a Brain”

You don't need a brain... further evidence that physical objects are merely representations (symbols) of deeper levels of meaning... i.e. a purpose in life. Discussion of the following will emerge as useful (if not indispensable) in the formulation of the arguments to come. https://www.wsj.com/articles/learning-without-a-brain-11595527115 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z81Ja30L9M **Please note: Ted is not my favourite go-to for information, …

New West, Northwestern, New Wild (NW)

The following is a test post for a chapter in the book of which this blog is the exploratory sounding board. Working title is a combination of New Wild, Northwestern, New World out of which a theme and story emerges. It is the place itself which decides, I merely transcribe. Thanks for reading New World, …

On the Strangeness of Natural Things and the Naturalness of Strange Things

The distinction between nature-with-a-small-n and Nature-with-a-capital-N is confined mostly to literary theory and eco-criticism, where capital N represents the Naturalization of phenomena, while small n maintains its rightful place beneath and beyond our human categories as a thing-in-itself, or at least the thing itself: the strange in the familiar and the familiar in the strange.

The Phenomenology of Psychedelics

Psychedelics and phenomenology are at the core of consciousness studies, consciousness itself being psychedelic in nature; the drug that other drugs use as a template to make consciousness more recognizable to itself. The word psychedelic derived from the Greek, psychē ψυχή + dēloun δηλοῦν, literally meaning, ‘mind-manifesting’. Experiencers often report a feeling more real than …

Making Our Own Days (excerpt from The Littoral)

***This is a rare occasion, wherein this excerpt from The Littoral ('the book') will be available on this site until it is sent away to be published, or is published elsewhere. It is my distinct pleasure, therefore, to offer it to you now. and, thanks for reading Making Our Own Days, My Own Summer (or …

Purpose in Place: The Continuity of Care

Through the enlightenment and into the fourth industrial revolution, Anthropocene civilization has succeeded in establishing a practical use for nature, but has failed to locate its purpose or source. Becoming in the process, a kind of modern myth, making up a story for nature as an expedient to making up a story for itself, because …