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To be a Christ, a Buddha
“The purpose of Buddhism is to create Buddhas, not Buddhists. The purpose of Christianity is to create Christs, not Christians.” – Adyashanti I would like to look at the life of Jesus not as a story about a man, but as an allegory, and instruction for self actualisation and a representation of the condition of…
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Intellectual Nomadism: Dante, Zen, and Deleuze
I was recently listening to an audio-book of some of Alan Watt’s lectures, and he highlighted an interesting parallel between a passage at the end of Dante’s Paradiso and a prime principle of the ‘Zen’ endeavour. The passage from Dante’s Inferno is given at the end where he is in presence of the vision of…
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“Does God Play Dice With The Universe?”: An Intuitive Explanation of Quantum Superposition, Differentiated from the Uncertainty Principle
Firstly, it is worth differentiating quantum superposition from Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle- the former representing the non-classical simultaneous occupation of two (seemingly exclusive) states, and the latter being a constraint on the measurement of a system or state. The most well known example of superposition is Schrodinger’s cat, but I think I can do one better.…
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The Garden of Eden and its Symbolism
I look at the story of Genesis- namely the description of the garden of Eden as holding profound insights into the most foundational geometries in nature. This story, no doubt, is a syncretism of other such stories and doctrines. We have the tree- a fractal; a form observed in all areas and scales of nature.…
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The Philosophy of Lord of the Rings
Tolkien was known to be well read in many areas of linguistics, as well as having studied many of the classics. With this in mind, I’d like to offer an interpretation of some of the key themes and their potential inspirations. Plato wrote of a thought experiment in the form of ‘The ring of Gyges’…
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So, The Universe Might Well Be Spinning Then.
Recent research studying clusters of galaxies has shown that many of them were oriented in the same direction in the early universe. This would indicate that the frame itself is rotating, causing a ‘cosmic coriolis effect’ as we previously explored, but this time on a galactic level. I would like to make a prediction then.…
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Parable of Broken Souls
Woe to the woman on the streetswho pays her way with poetryI read the words she’s sellingand know just what she’s buying Sunken sockets set her faceunsubtle disposition -of desperationthat her father left to heras a heavy inheritance And yet still a soul survivesin the words she writesher sordid-sullen look beliesthe hope still left inside.…
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When I Was Wise
I was wise when I was youngI saw things for what they areNot as they seemWith some filter of perceptionMy own perceptionOverlayed.As I grow olderI blame myself moreI self loatheI do not pityBut I resent myself in my imperfection.When I was a childI took my own adviceI was forgiving and kindAnd I was wiseFor I…
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The Future of AI in Government? Democracy is in Need of an Upgrade.
We spend so much of our time and attention on our devices, and I have a sneaking suspicion that the future of political technology will involve a digital government platform. With the right security measures in place it would increase accessibility, the number of people actively voting (at the push of a button in the…
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