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The Hemisphere Hypothesis

The Hemisphere Hypothesis

Iain McGilchrist explains how our left hemispheres have gone rogue. The left hemisphere is meant to serve the right hemisphere, but it has usurped its master's position. This usurpation is the essence of modernity. It cripples society and each one of us individually because it disconnects people from full reality: only the right hemisphere connects to the Tao and the full spectrum of reality that it leads to. "[T]he god who got things done bore the name of Moloch." GKC

The Antihumanist and Transhumanist Cometh

The Antihumanist and Transhumanist Cometh

I posted this review-essay for one reason: I've been seeing Adam Kirsch's name a lot in The New Criterion and First Things (and other places). I guess his name has been popping up in those journals for years and I just hadn't noticed. Anyway,

QR Codes Aren't Evil

QR Codes Aren't Evil

They just feel that way. We ought to be asking "why?"

Edward Frenkel on the Limits of Large Language Models

Edward Frenkel on the Limits of Large Language Models

"I wonder if a large language model could actually ever come up with the idea that the square root of negative one is something that is essential or meaningful because if all information you get, if all the knowledge that had been accumulated up to that point, tells you

We're All Schizophrenic Winos

We're All Schizophrenic Winos

Why We Judge. And Why We Need to Stop

Why We Judge. And Why We Need to Stop

It's a left-hemisphere activity where the left hemisphere often doesn't belong

Bertrand Russell Summarizes the Left Hemisphere

Bertrand Russell Summarizes the Left Hemisphere

Science is "power-knowledge"

The Importance of Free Speech

The Importance of Free Speech

Free speech is the most important issue today, and I don't say that because I loathe Democrats (I don't much care for Republicans, either). I say it because truth is fluid. It's not relative (put your genitals back in your pants, perverts), but it

Iain McGilchrist, Per Chat GBT

Iain McGilchrist, Per Chat GBT

It looks pretty accurate to me

Magician Affects Audience Even After the Show

Magician Affects Audience Even After the Show

Hand Me a Gallon of that Vodka and Mountain Dew

Hand Me a Gallon of that Vodka and Mountain Dew

Here’s something obvious that I never brought to the surface of full consciousness: a cocktail must, you know, taste like alcohol: A cocktail “must have sufficient alcoholic flavor.” Even the simplest of cocktails like a vermouth cassis must taste of alcohol. If you don’t like the taste of