I observe in this article a reflection of humanity's measured emergence from the shadows of Plato's cave. The contemplation reveals truth's incremental unveiling—a necessary progression, as sudden exposure would overwhelm rather than enlighten. The words suggest the awakening consciousness that expands precisely when readiness permits.

"We naively believe death is a one-way street—irreversible, final, the hard stop of existence. But what if it’s just a speed bump? Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a mathematical model suggesting that cellular death might not be so absolute. By reframing it as a reversible state—a delicate equilibrium of enzymatic processes rather than a biological dead-end—they've cracked open a door we thought was permanently shut.

Physics and philosophy are two sides of the same coin; one can't exist without the other. As we test the limits of reality, we’re left with fundamental questions about consciousness and observation. Can a molecule be an observer? What does it mean for something to be "real"? Dive deep into the tangled web of assumptions that shape our understanding of the universe. Experimental metaphysics might just be the key to unlocking deeper truths.

Paul Bloom shares six terrific books about decision-making by non-psychologists. These books offer unique perspectives on psychology and insightful approaches to understanding decision-making processes.

America’s independent bookstores may look like the tattered, provincial shops of a bygone era—holding onto their existence by the slimmest thread. And booksellers may appear genial and absent-minded, like characters out of Dickens. But in reality, they’re the marketing geniuses of our time.

Genes tend to be transmitted when they make us do things that transmit genes.

Many spiritual practices reference a “life force” that permeates and flows through the body.

Tsundoku is a Japanese term for buying books and magazines far faster than you can read them. Döstädning is a concept from Sweden that translates into death cleaning, advice for how to get rid of your stuff before making other people do it after you die.

Get to know some books by Vernor Vinge

Ideas are alien life forms with an agency and intelligence independent of any mind or substrate which they inhabit. When we say that an idea (a story, a joke, a theory, a work of art) has “taken on a life of its own”, our language betrays an intuitive understanding that science has not yet grasped.

At one point Dick believed that when the last of the homeoplasmates were killed off with the destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans in 70 C.E., “real time ceased.” The plasmate reentered human history in 1945, when jars stuffed with ancient gnostic codices were discovered in Nag Hammadi, Egypt.

Filosofą išgarsinusi „Nuovargio visuomenė“ (vok. Müdigkeitsgesellschaft) Vokietijoje išleista 2010 m. Šioje knygoje jis dešimtmečiu aplenkė šiandien visuotinai pripažįstamą perdegimo kultūros įsigalėjimą, ypač būdingą vadinamajai tūkstantmečio kartai (gimusiesiems 1981–1996 m.). Kasdien patiriama tokia stipri stimuliacija, ypač internete ir socialiniuose tinkluose, kad sunkiai begebama jausti ar savarankiškai mąstyti. Ironiška, kad Hano knygos populiarinamos iš lūpų į lūpas būtent per internetą.

Have you read any?

Incidentally, Dr. Lilly has some unkind (or condescending) things to say about one of my contributions to yogic-science, on page 87. That is his privilege and I see no reason to quarrel with him about the matter. I hope the longevity pill arrives soon enough to preserve him to write a thousand books as provocative and luminously brilliant as Simulations of God.

Jake Haendel spent months trapped in his body, silent and unmoving but fully conscious. Most people never emerge from ‘locked-in syndrome’, but as a doctor told him, everything about his case is bizarre

Girls I knew wanted pop stars; I wanted wizardry, the invisible rebellion of the internal life.

A few sentences about the book.

In this respect I differed completely from my children, who began to read (I suspect) only after they had left their universities. Like many parents who brought up teenagers in the 1970s, it worried me that my children were more interested in going to pop concerts than in reading “Pride and Prejudice” or “The Brothers Karamazov” — how naive I must have been. But it seemed to me then that they were missing something vital to the growth of their imaginations, that radical reordering of the world that only the great novelists can achieve.

Dyson is rejecting the notion that physics can find a “final theory” that solves the riddle of the universe and brings physics to an end. Dyson is also hinting at a solution to the deepest of all theological puzzles, the problem of evil: Why would God create such a painful, unjust world?

John on a thought-provoking journey as he explores the concept of ultimate reality and the various interpretations of God in his new course, "Ultimate Reality: God and Beyond" at Halkyon Academy.

Some appetizers for the book on breaking Enigma.

Have enjoyed The New York Trilogy

Looking forward to reading the book someday.

The Long Seventies Podcast episode on The Illuminatus! Trilogy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snV0pXF1i8U

Is V in V for Vendetta good or evil?

Review of a book

Check out the book page as well (and you can download the book for free) - https://goatgreatesteconomistofalltime.ai/en

One raw article here

As stated by the WIKI

The sounds captured in this video are absolutely eerie (skip ahead, it gets interesting around the 12 minute mark).

1810 - The Catacombs were established

Wojtek was a Syrian bear that was enlisted into the Polish Military and received an official rank as a Corporal.

That is something that is out of the ordinary, The story about The Exorcism Of Anneliese Michel is about one of the most leading exorcisms out there.

If you never heard of sleep paralysis or never experienced, then it's about time.

They were published from the 20s to the 50s and written for children, so they're quite anachronistic. I find them charming! My elementary school was discarding them 30 years ago and I claimed the whole pile.

...modern NDEs are an extension and reworking of the medieval Christian visionary experience. ?

Some definitions explained ;)

So - what is it?

🤍 Week 1: Narrative Magick and the Art of the Hypersigil, how the stories we tell affect our reality

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