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Human Rationality is a Myth

The idea that people are, or even can be, rational in their beliefs and behaviour, is a product of The Enlightenment. It is a myth.

Jun 30

Human Rationality is a Myth

Jun 30

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Romantic Consumerism is Killing Modern Relationships

How the Internet changed the way we love and relate.

Jul 18

Romantic Consumerism is Killing Modern Relationships

Jul 18

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No, we’re not living in a simulation. Here’s why.

The idea that we might be living inside the simulation of some more advanced future civilisation sounds like something a stoner might dream…

Apr 20

No, we’re not living in a simulation. Here’s why.

Apr 20

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My Great-Grandfather Was the Architect of Quantum Mechanics, but You Probably Don’t Know His Name

The reasons may have been political…

2d ago

My Great-Grandfather Was the Architect of Quantum Mechanics, but You Probably Don’t Know His Name

2d ago

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Social Ratchets — How Cultures Tend to Become More Extreme Over Time

Ratchets are devices that allow a mechanism to move in one direction but not the other. An analogous mechanism can drive social extremes.

Oct 4

Social Ratchets — How Cultures Tend to Become More Extreme Over Time

Oct 4

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The Quantastic Journal

Can Relational Quantum Mechanics Solve the Hard Problem of Consciousness?

Quantum mechanics has important implications for the understanding of consciousness, but not because of the Uncertainty Principle

Sep 18

Can Relational Quantum Mechanics Solve the Hard Problem of Consciousness?

Sep 18

Pierz Newton-John

The Forgotten Importance of Dreams

How dreams can heal old trauma, and occasionally even predict the future

Sep 17

The Forgotten Importance of Dreams

Sep 17

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All My Hippie Friends Have Been Body Snatched By Fascists

I blame the pandemic…

Sep 11

All My Hippie Friends Have Been Body Snatched By Fascists

Sep 11

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Life Wisdom and Death Wisdom

Which do you need — a life coach or a philosopher?

Sep 2

Life Wisdom and Death Wisdom

Sep 2

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Mob psychology now characterises the internet

A plea for nuance and sanity

Aug 25

Mob psychology now characterises the internet

Aug 25

Pierz Newton-John

Pierz Newton-John

Writer, coder, former psychotherapist, founding member of The School Of Life Melbourne. Essayist for Dumbo Feather magazine, author of Fault Lines (fiction).

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