Much as cargo cults on remote islands built facsimiles of airports and control towers in the hope that this would summon the material wealth associated with them, “cargo cult ontologists” construct the outer trappings of serious inquiry—technical terms, appeals to “natural law,” references to biology or neuroscience—without ever engaging in the rigorous validation that genuine ontological or scientific work demands.

Society’s progress is an illusion if it remains piecemeal and conditional. This piercing essay dismantles the myth of empathy as a selective gift, exposing how marginalization—whether of autistic people, women, LGBTQ+ communities, or any Other—is built on the same mechanisms of bias and subjugation.

This essay challenges the over-reliance on diagnoses as justification for accommodations, arguing that individual needs should take precedence over diagnostic labels. It critiques how the use of diagnoses distorts the purpose of accommodations, turning the process into a bureaucratic contest rather than a focus on genuine support.

In a society built on tolerance, there remains an inherent paradox: how can we tolerate those who seek to destroy tolerance itself? This essay explores the asymmetry between tolerance and intolerance, arguing that the intolerant, by making the first move to exclude and oppress, justify their own exclusion.

Twitter/X's descent into chaos exposes the fragility of unregulated freedom. When speech is left unchecked, the loudest and most toxic voices dominate, silencing all others. In this essay, we dissect how the collapse of Musk’s Twitter is the dystopian future libertarianism promises.

The discourse surrounding the energy consumption of artificial intelligence (AI) often fixates on the technology itself, deflecting from the fundamental issue: capitalism's inherent inefficiency in energy utilization.

In prehistoric times, warfare was characterized by direct physical altercations. Conflicts involved close-quarters combat where physical strength and skill determined the outcome.

From the domestication of animals to the advent of artificial intelligence, this concept has shaped our physical and cognitive capabilities, influencing our societal structures and cultural practices.

There exists a phenomenon that everyone perceives but seldom acknowledges—a phenomenon that evokes fear when contemplated.

Idolatry, in its essence, is the act of worshipping the shadow without understanding the sculpture's role. This concept transcends historical contexts, from ancient sun worship to contemporary monotheistic religions, and even extends to our modern scientific knowledge.

In examining nearly a century of history, this essay addresses how peace can unwittingly foster conditions ripe for the return of regressive ideologies.

This essay discusses the insights from motor cortex research and its implications for extended cognition. It presents an examination of how our understanding of the brain's interaction with external tools can expand the boundaries of cognitive science, offering new perspectives on the integration of technology and human cognition.

Imagine each piece of text as a unique point in a vast, multi-dimensional space. As a transformer model generates text, it can be visualized as taking a step through this semantic space. By tracing this path, we gain insights into how the model navigates the intricacies of language, adapting its course to the evolving context.

Imagine a world where aging is but a relic of the past, a condition cured and forgotten, granting humanity the gift of biological immortality.

Totalitarian control thrives not in the vacuum of dissent but in the fertile ground of ideological homogeneity, societal polarization, and a populace primed to view the world through a binary lens of ideological conflict.

This essay posits that the so-called act of disobedience—the eating of the forbidden fruit—is not an event to be lamented but celebrated as a necessary step in the evolutionary ladder of human growth. It marks the beginning of knowledge, experience, and, most importantly, the capacity for making moral choices.

This essay aims to invalidate the Chinese Room's skepticism towards AI's potential for understanding and to argue for the feasibility of developing AI systems that more closely mirror the interconnected and specialized networks found in the human brain.

This essay delves into the transformative potential of fully automated warfare, exploring how the advent of AI-driven military engagements shifts the paradigm of conflict towards wars of attrition.

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The atrocities of the Holocaust continue to provoke deep inquiry into the nature of evil and the capacity for such horror within human society.