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Rainer Maria Rilke
Biophysical soul
How surely gravity's law, strong as an ocean current, takes hold of the smallest thing and pulls it toward the heart of the world. Each thing– each stone, blossom, child– is held...
Room for God & Others
Thoughts on science, faith, and pluralism
Greg Conradi Smith
Poem
Commander Helmut von Fred
15% of my brain
Commander Helmut von Fred Wore a colander upon his head.   When asked, “Why a strainer   On top of your brain, Sir?” “To protect my noodle,” he said.
Essay
The Illusion of Personhood: Generative AI and Simulated Communication
Read against the machine Biophysical soul Instead of beauty, branding
AI takes different forms. Artificial general intelligence (AGI) refers to computational tools capable of general-purpose reasoning. AGI research is as ambitious and speculative as...
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William James
Instead of beauty, branding Read against the machine
As for me, my bed is made: I am against bigness and greatness in all their forms, and with the invisible molecular forces that work from individual to individual, stealing through...
Thought
Open questions and inner life
15% of my brain Read against the machine
All my life there has been a tension between humanistic and scientific pursuits. My exploration of the classics and philosophy was an antidote of sorts for my largely technical...
Poem
Joseph, Brave and Extraneous
Jesus loves Darwin Biophysical soul
Bethlehem's Spring cradles The Mother of God nurses The Son of God holds (Grasps but does not rattle) A toy begotten by his lesser father Mary agonizes over the wooden gift How...
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Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism
Michael Parenti · 5 stars
