Vanity of vanities and nothing new under the Sun, but change happens in the universe and in the minds of all creatures great and small. Change happens slowly by evolutionary environmental interplay by the process of mutation and speciation. Change happens quickly in the same terms by the process of natural selection. Natural selection’s outcomesContinue reading “And the Word Is Trip Aces”
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The Biological Origins of Our Proportional Cruelty and Rashness in Moral Matters Perceived Through the Lens of Identity #1
Since I am more a poet, not a researcher, I have not done a survey of the studies. But given the facts that our brains, according to all the limited evidence I have inflicted on myself like a workout routine, have evolved to be quick and reactionary, more risk averse than reward attracted for theContinue reading “The Biological Origins of Our Proportional Cruelty and Rashness in Moral Matters Perceived Through the Lens of Identity #1”
Quantum Shave
I slip through wormholes often as I ageBecause one thing relates to many in time.A multiverse comes tumbling to engageThe past in present reveries which rhymeWithout repeating, and remind me I’mOnly one possible result of all before. While shaving I recall all previous shaves,Those charged reflections staring back at meThrough infinite slits, particles and waveExploreContinue reading “Quantum Shave”
WHAT HAS “IDENTITY” GOT TO DO WITH “US”?
We assume a role not only in the immediate social context but also, coming into it, based on everything in our lives which has come before. From the circumstances of birth down to the “choice” of attire, we bring who we think we are more broadly to each and every social interaction. We bring thisContinue reading “WHAT HAS “IDENTITY” GOT TO DO WITH “US”?”
Free Energy Principle and Identity
In Medias Res Part of who we are is the people who have known us and know us, the people we knew and know. The Free Energy Principle, which includes active inferencing, the way we constantly figure out what is going on and how we fit into it, making a literal map in brain, aContinue reading “Free Energy Principle and Identity”
Star Trek: Reflections on Sci Fi Notions of Time, Part IV Point 5
Back to reality. The original unreliable narrator is memory itself. In eyewitness testimony from one witness to another, objects and events appear differently in memory’s mirror. Add video and suddenly everyone who watches, believes he was there or has as good an idea of what happened. Add audio, and Rod Serling emerges from a cloudContinue reading “Star Trek: Reflections on Sci Fi Notions of Time, Part IV Point 5”
And the Word Is Two
Hey! What about ancestor worship and the price of beef? How can I express the connections as quickly and efficiently as possible without leaving gaps for others to insert doubt and objections? How can I gain and maintain the attention of others while also maintaining control of my own thoughts and ability to articulate themContinue reading “And the Word Is Two”
A Matter of Identity
It first occurred to me in context of sexuality that people’s thinking, and particularly ideological and paradigmatic conceptions, are based on identity, not facts or evidence or logic or science or even just belief. This was back in the late 1980s and early 1990s when I was thinking about a lot of identity-centered concepts, notContinue reading “A Matter of Identity”
I Dwell In Possibility 