The Hive Mind and Consciousness
One of the greatest models of the rational mind, the leading proponent of knowing all from a tiny clue, the model of the introvert intellect at the close of his…
We see history as we see art . . .
“We see history as we see art, through a lens of our own experience and our own values.”
Puppet Masters
The Puppeteer Virus: A Multidimensional Framework for Understanding Behavioural Manipulation and Social Contagion Abstract This article introduces the concept of the puppeteer virus, a metaphorical framework that explores how various…
Uncle Enzo’s Greatest Hits
Nearly a century ago on the Pianura Padana bordered by the Alps to the north and the Apennine Mountains arguably the greatest genius of a new artform set up his…
Eternal Cycles
Life is journey that we share, individually, yet isolated in our own consciousness, beautifully, or terribly, structured by a series of cycles that shape, form and maybe enrich our experiences.…
Einstein Unveiled
So it turned out that I wasn't smarter than Einstein after all. Never said I was. Honest. The equation in the illustration is actually something different as a placeholder until…
Functional Empiricism IV: Psychological Empiricism and the Ethics of Open-Minded Testing
In psychological empiricism—as in all forms of functional empiricism—our objective is not to construct or defend a singular, monolithic model of truth. Rather, we aspire to develop, maintain, and empirically…
Jean-Jacques Beineix – Diva
Insanely gorgeous. Fatally Flawed. Intense. Why am I looking at this like that? Conceited, I’ll concede, but totally stunning. Jean-Jacques Beineix’s masterpiece digs into the filth and the pathos while…
Functional Empiricism III: The Power of Open-Mindedness Through Empirical Testing
From the first time our ape descended ancestors were banging the rocks together to the moment we created our possible silicon based replacements, humanity’s trajectory has been one of shaping…
The Last Million
Imagine you looked at a series of steps in an electoral campaign and you could see an emerging structure of pattern interrupts in debate; fractionation; recursive looping through dominance-focused social…