== A KIND OF MATERIAL PANPSYCHISM ==
“ ‘Panpsychism’ refers to the philosophical theory that some kind of conscious experience is a fundamental feature of all physical matter, from subatomic particles to the entire universe.”
R.U. talks with Joan Slonczewski on AI personhood:
At a theoretical level, he is probably right: LLMs have intrinsic limitations. But trying to create a “world model” has been an AI pursuit for decades (cf Doug Lenat’s CYC). Today, it is probably more a philosophical pursuit than a technological one. I’m happy to see billions invested in philosophy.
Yes, that's the origin story of the EFF. Bruce Sterling wrote "The Hacker Crackdown" about this case and some others.
It can be read for free online at :
www.mit.edu/hacker/hacke...
There are many podcasts and interviews with D.D. Hoffman, but this video is the most interesting, because he tries to derive physical laws from his theory of consciousness. A very ambitious project.
youtu.be/iCsGNFBoQGg?...
Great to see D.D Hoffman's theories meeting, at last, esoteric studies ! His "conscious realism" hypothesis is the most advanced of current idealist and/or panpsychist theories, IMHO
I haven't seen the video, but calling Leary and Wilson "anti-science" (in the accompanying text ) is quite a stretch. (anti-institutional, ok, but that can mean almost anything).
The Love Letters to the Future podcast on YouTube:
youtube.com/@loveletters...
So, either the Mirror Test is BS, either (as it becomes increasingly clear) we haven't the slightest idea what consciousness actually is (because the Mirror Test is more a test of self-consciousness than simply of "intelligence")
www.sciencealert.com/this-tiny-fi...
While Pythagoras sought mathematical perfection in music, breakcore artists like hkmori and sewerslvt embrace chaos. Their work reveals how this genre embodies both scientific rebellion and psychological expression.
The Strange Science of Breakcore:
Interesting results. They go against the conclusions of many other studies.
www.psypost.org/brain-scans-...
Why am I not surprised 😉 ?
Is it bad if I say I want one?
Don't know this one, but I have read some others, and Godwin is serious AFAIK. (I remember reading he was a musicologist, so he should know his topic). As for your other question, I liked Peter Bebergal's "Season of the witch, how the occult saved rock'n roll" a lot.
just verified (I was not sure) : Sister Ray is also the final song of the Velvet Underground's White light/White Heat album. And it's obviously the piece de resistance (17 mn !)
New preprint with Léo Pio-Lopez:
www.preprints.org/manuscript/2...
"Multi-Scale Longevity: Defeating Aging from Cells to Embodied Human Minds, and the Future of the Species"
a broader view of longevity research.
👍!
Remember "Visit Port Watson" in Semiotext(e) ? the short story (by "Anonymous", was it Peter Lamborn Wilson himself ?) was simultaneously a reference to Hakim Bey, Burroughsian pirate utopias, and at the same time foreshadowing the future "crypto-libertarian" trend..
Remember "Visit Port Watson" in Semiotext(e) ? the short story (by "Anonymous", was it Peter Lamborn Wilson himself ?) was simultaneously a reference to Hakim Bey, Burroughsian pirate utopias, and at the same time foreshadowing the future "crypto-libertarian" trend..
even older (sorry) : Won't you try/Saturday afternoon Jefferson Airplane (after bathing at Baxter's)
Desolation Row (Bob Dylan, highway 61)
You can't always get what you want (Rolling Stones, Let it bleed)
I found interesting the relationship between D'Olivet and Levi. Not really surprising (D'Olivet was a great influence on Levi's French successors such as Papus), but I didn't know for sure that Levi himself knew d'Olivet. I wonder if Hoëne Wronski was a possible intermediary between the two.
No relationships between Aleister Crowley and Golden Dawn rituals ? Curious, Aleister Crowley being almost a subset of the Golden Dawn...
Are there a lot of MAGA witches in America? I know of course about MAGA ceremonial or chaos magicians (living in France where René Guénon is an idol, this right-wing turn doesn't surprise me), but I thought witches were more or less immune...
Quand j'écoute Justin Sledge avec des sous-titres anglais générés automatiquement par Youtube, "esotericism" est retranscrit en "terrorism"...
== A DIFFERENT SET OF INTENTIONS ==
“It was the intention of counterculture warriors in the US...to blow up the vague consensus around the warfare state and let the pieces fall wherever they might. I mean, HOW could things get worse? .”
R.U. on the rise of Authoritarian Anarchism
Perfect ! Thanks a lot !
The part two is open access, but not the part one ?
Inside the quixotic team trying to build an entire world in a 20-year-old game arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/...
"Any sufficiently crude magic is indistinguishable from technology" (Cookie Clicker News)
orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/
Surprise, something efficient can have side effects !
www.sciencealert.com/meditation-a...
