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Published in Predict

·Dec 26, 2022

The problems with your parents may have their roots in the Big Bang

An understanding of the entropy born at T= 0 can explain a difficult childhood, and perhaps everything else — Part 2 in a 2-part series inspired by Still No Word from You: Notes in the Margin. Still No Word From You, from another angle In part 1 of this series, we explored Peter Orner’s incredible collection Still No Word from You: Notes in the Margin, in particular the themes of a paternal schism.

Childhood

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The problems with your parents may have their roots in the Big Bang
The problems with your parents may have their roots in the Big Bang
Childhood

14 min read


Published in Dialogue & Discourse

·Dec 15, 2022

Parental Dysfunction Resolved Through Literature

Peter Orner’s latest masterwork presents an uncrossable paternal schism―to cross it we’ll have to open a few more books — Part 1 in a 2-part series inspired by Still No Word from You: Notes in the Margin. Peter Orner has been known for writing highly readable, accessible short (and often bite-sized) tales that among other things, deliver an emotional wallop. Unlike his contemporaries Dan Chaon or Elizabeth Strout, whose emotion-infused…

Literature

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Parental Dysfunction Resolved Through Literature
Parental Dysfunction Resolved Through Literature
Literature

9 min read


Published in Predict

·Oct 20, 2022

A thought experiment: Does the multiverse theory disprove the existence of God?

With a single universe, Intelligent Design is all but a certainty. With multiple universes, a different tale arises. — In articles past, we’ve explored possible relationships between Mathematics and the divine, such as showing through Math that the afterlife might exist, and attempting to prove through Math that God does exist. But a different perspective from Alan Lightman, and his book The Accidental Universe brings a different concept into…

Multiverse

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A thought experiment: Does the multiverse theory disprove the existence of God?
A thought experiment: Does the multiverse theory disprove the existence of God?
Multiverse

12 min read


Aug 3, 2022

Four connections between Emily Dickinson and Franz Kafka

The fourth connection might be responsible for half of the world’s creativity — At first, the poet Emily Dickinson and the novelist Franz Kafka might not seem connected. They are both influential writers to be sure, but beyond their general impact, the similarities seem to end. …

History

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Four connections between Emily Dickinson and Franz Kafka
Four connections between Emily Dickinson and Franz Kafka
History

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Mar 29, 2022

The Intersection of Carl Jung, Yuval Noah Harari and Jordan Peterson

Symbology, Fictions, Hierarchies, and the unquantifiable power they grant humanity — Why do humans have such power over the earth? Or perhaps a better question to ask is: why don’t other species hold such power? Other species are certainly intelligent. …

Jung

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The Intersection of Carl Jung, Yuval Noah Harari and Jordan Peterson
The Intersection of Carl Jung, Yuval Noah Harari and Jordan Peterson
Jung

20 min read


Published in Predict

·Mar 2, 2022

There is a mathematical equation that proves the existence of God

With this simple equation―and an analogy―the evidence for God is strong enough to present in a court of law The concept of faith has been somewhat at odds with the concept of science since dawn immemorial, or at the very least, since the Enlightenment. When you add the rigors of the Scientific Method, and in particular the burden of finding transparent reproducibility, it seems that the concept of belief―particularly…

Max Tegmark

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There is a mathematical equation that proves the existence of God
There is a mathematical equation that proves the existence of God
Max Tegmark

12 min read


Published in Predict

·Jul 28, 2021

One way a change in our neurochemistry could allow us to travel back in time

How an enhancement to our dorsolateral prefrontal right cortex might allow a person to bypass the laws of physics, go back in time and change the entire universe, for everyone — Can we travel back in time? Short answer: the laws of physics seem to suggest the answer is no. In this essay however, we won’t deal with the observable laws of physics — at least not directly. Instead, we’ll examine our powers of perception, explore how enormous those powers are…

Time

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One way a change in our neurochemistry could allow us to travel back in time
One way a change in our neurochemistry could allow us to travel back in time
Time

14 min read


Jul 23, 2021

Machiavellian leader accused of virtù-signalling

Duke of Urbino — meet the Internet. Florence-born oligarch Lorenzo di Piero de’ Medici got into a bit of hot water after one of his Tweets gathered a bit more contempt than he may have initially schemed for. The Tweet shows an image of the Duke surrounded by grateful and loyal vassals, with the text: Just won…

Satire

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Machiavellian leader accused of virtù-signalling
Machiavellian leader accused of virtù-signalling
Satire

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Nov 17, 2020

Immorality, Amorality and Supermorality

How Albert Camus’ The Stranger Suggests Humanity’s True Purpose — The Stranger Albert Camus published a short, accessible tale called The Stranger in 1942. It is an absurdist, existentialist tale — and though Camus rejected the existentialist label, The Stranger certainly carries themes that explore the very nature of human existence, and perhaps existence itself. And this tale might suggest humanity’s true…

Albert Camus

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Immorality, Amorality and Supermorality
Immorality, Amorality and Supermorality
Albert Camus

13 min read


Oct 23, 2020

How my love of vampires helped me conquer my fear of spiders

Anne Rice’s Louis has no phobias, and neither should I — The moment when I began to fear spiders When I was in the third grade, I opened a large textbook at random, and what I saw frightened me so thoroughly that it gave me a phobia for the next two decades. It was a two-page spread of a tarantula — its eight legs were splayed out across the…

Spiders

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How my love of vampires helped me conquer my fear of spiders
How my love of vampires helped me conquer my fear of spiders
Spiders

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