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Westworld and the Bicameral Mind
Last week I binged on the beautiful and haunting Westworld tv series, which exceeded expectations. My enjoyment was enhanced by having read Julian Jaynes' magnum opus upon which the nascent psychology of the synthetic 'hosts' was modelled: "The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind". It's a hypothesis about an ( Read more... ) -
Macroblogging Renaissance
I am by no means sure that any great resurgence of blogging in the old style is going to make a major comeback any time soon. But some worthy souls never left it, of course. Vinyl surprised many of us by its return to popularity, at least among a select audience, enough to restore its viability as a commercial product. And with strange aeons ( Read more... ) -
Brexi-Trump and the continuing myth of the 'revolting left-behind'
The BBC reports on new research into the identity of Leave voters ( Read more... ) -
Corbyn vs Eagle
I've been weighing up the Corbyn vs Eagle Labour leadership thing ( Read more... ) -
Still here.
Ye gods, haven't posted since Christmas ( Read more... ) -
Congratulations, Mr O!
It's only natural that you'll disappoint us in some way, because you're only human. But don't disappoint us too much. That's all I ask.
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Book Meme
From rufasBook Meme ( Read more... ) -
A Long, Hard Struggle...
...but I finally weigh 100kg, roughly the same weight as when I got married 9 years ago.
(100kg = 15st 9lbs)
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Warped Passages - Lisa Randall
"Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions." (O.W. Holmes, Sr. 1858 ( Read more... )
