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Expectations
We expect things. It’s in our nature, and part of the journey of learning. When things happen and we think we see why we expect them to follow that pattern. When reality challenges our expectations it often leaves us scrambling to figure out what happened. Managing expectations is an underrated skill. Putting our faith in…
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Chess
We are but pieces in a cosmic game,A glimmer of light, a fleeting name.Pawn or king we are all as one,A simple piece in battles won. As the players make their moves,We move in our studied grooves.As pieces slowly leave the board,We attend to the once ignored. As the game wanders towards its end,and solid…
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Writing Existence
Reality is the universe’s largest collaborative writing project. From the most basic particle to the most advanced intelligence we collectively determine the nature of our unfolding existence. Large sweeping metaphor aside, what is writing and why do it? Writing is the symbolic representation of information. It is the transcription of intent, the ordering of ideas;…
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Alternate Physics
As a physical being you have some level of physics knowledge whether you realize it or not. Physics is the study of matter and the physical world, so existing and navigating this world requires physics knowledge, although you may file it under “common sense” or “natural movement”. For example you would expect that if you…
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Way of Shadow
Every physical model I am aware of describes shadow as an absence of light, an area shielded from the radiation of a light source. But throughout history darkness and shadow has held a special place in the collective unconscious. For many shadows trigger fear of the unknown, the unknowable. They have been personified and anthropomorphized…
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Killer Grin
Smiling seems to come naturally to humans. It is an expression that crosses cultural divides. However even on earth there are examples of species that show their teeth for a completely different reason. Expressions of meaning (whether they are visual, audible or some other method) must have a shared experiential background, whether that be shared…
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Psychopath
The word psychopath comes from the Greek roots “psyche” meaning the mind or soul and “path” meaning an illness or disease. The term has fallen out of favor and is no longer used in psychiatry, but it lives on in our colloquial discussions and societal archetypes. So what is it to have a diseased mind?…
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Amplification
Thought is powerful. It is the act of creativity, the precedent of action. Thought is the spark that lights the inferno that is activity. We are beings of thought, our experience is one continuous thought stretching from cradle to grave. So what do we choose to fill our conscious thought with? Hopes? Fears? Action plans?…
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Servants of Infinity
What is infinity? It is the concept that we as finite consciousnesses use to wrap our heads around that which is beyond our comprehension. It is how we bound the boundless into a notion which we can compute and contemplate. We use it in mathematics, spirituality and see approximations of it in the material world.…
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Modelling Reality
We all as conscious entities have collections of convictions and observations that merge and overlap to form our mental model of reality. It is in this mental approximation of reality that we analyze past events, decide current actions and project future events. Sometimes our systems of beliefs contradict each other, and from this divergence our…
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