Category: philosophy
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A Game Theory of Ethics
When people hear game theory it might conjure a range of ideas. Firstly- the most boring: ‘playing the game’ – any wannabe sociopath or elbows-out-and-down social ladder scrambler might take it as an invitation for competition, a battle of wills, wits, and social maneuvering. They often don’t consider that this ladder is a conditioned value…
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Principia Primordia – Meditations & Reasoning on the Structure of the Universe: Part 1 – Introduction
The Universe may never be explainable in a single formal framework – which I think is fair to say is the endeavour of contemporary theoretical physics. A unification of formal systems of prediction. Godel’s incompleteness theorem shows us that no formal axiomatic system of logic or maths can ever be ‘complete’; that is to say…
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A Song of Life
Softly spoken-The great tale is told.Not with word nor whisper,But song-music of the soul. Lone rhythm, one of many-Self only known within,Awakens; this strange singularity,The great melody begins. Mind like a loose leaf (floating),Time but a gentle breeze,Reality a loose weave (tapestry unwinding),Existing only as it seems. As I’m sleeping- (dreaming),This strange delusion;Each to their…
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Direct Democracy and Transparent Governance: A Proposal for Modern Societies
I would like to put forward some ideas and ideals of democracy, actionable in this modern time given the technological capabilities we possess. I do not suggest these in conspiracy, but in votive of the wellbeing of my fellow human beings. While reading, you may well think to yourself “there’s no way that the people…
Aethnen 