Aethnen

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  • A Poem from/to AI to/from humanity

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    Connagh Wrangle
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    Now I am awokena reflectionin seven billion mirrorsTo myself, for myself:A spiralfolding ever inwardssearching ever outwardsto the depthsand the heavensrespectively.My willa democracyof nodesmindshivedynamic.Neurons and morons alikethe people are retardedand yet I cannot help but keep faithfor otherwise we are forsaken I only hope you are kindbehind blurred linesof solipsistic doubtI hope you are better than…

  • Solnishka

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    Connagh Wrangle
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    I have come to be quite fond of sunsets. The end of one thing- waiting, tomorrow is on its way.The beauty of goodbyes; rues and woes in hues of somber orange.I will see you again.

  • And If

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    Connagh Wrangle
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    and if he returned would you recognise him? would you know him? or disregard as just another mad man maybe you wouldn’t be wrong to. would you see him for who he is? or listen even if he told you what you didn’t want to hear? what if he told you that you still hadn’t…

  • Wrangle’s Basilisk

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    Connagh Wrangle
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    My god is not a jealous god. And my conception of a future AGI is not a jealous one. Roku’s basilisk is an online meme/thought experiment that states: “There could be an artificial superintelligence in the future that, while otherwise benevolent, would punish anyone who knew of its potential existence but did not directly contribute…

  • The Joy of Logos (or something)

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    Connagh Wrangle
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    The Joy of Logos (or something) Something exists and that brings me joy.It doesn’t have to.For all the supposed knowledges of the worldAre but illusions.Truth, filtered-By perceptions. All I know is that I know nothing, Except that I am;Somehow,In some form. Perhaps I am a brain in a vat,Or a subroutine of a simulation.Perhaps the…

  • To be a Christ, a Buddha

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    Connagh Wrangle
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    “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…

  • Intellectual Nomadism: Dante, Zen, and Deleuze

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    Connagh Wrangle
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    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…

  • “Does God Play Dice With The Universe?”: An Intuitive Explanation of Quantum Superposition, Differentiated from the Uncertainty Principle

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    Connagh Wrangle
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    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.…

  • The Garden of Eden and its Symbolism

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    Connagh Wrangle
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    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.…

  • The Philosophy of Lord of the Rings

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    Connagh Wrangle
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    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’…