The thing is that the sound idea, the well-understood relationship, and the perfect analogy are not enough to make an argument. The explication is at least as important as the logical structure, if not moreso. Truth does not inhere in well-reasoned discussions—it has to be called forth from their depths by incantation. The Pope himself can neither exorcise nor bless without the aid of sacred and magical words. In this at least the Pope and myself are no different.
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§ Schrödinger’s AI is possibly broken and possibly working. (Also: vLLM for v620)
§ As you get older, the ghosts become more real than anything else.
§ Under the leaves, soil. Under the soil, stone. Under the stone, souls.
§ Radically empowering individuals in society may be the worst mistake we ever made.
§ Want to be a radical? Refuse to suffer. Then, wait for the assault.
§ Goodbye 2017, part two. (The real part.)
§ Sometimes you find home where you’ve never been—and you dwell where you aren’t.
§ The self can’t play Atlas for postmodernity because science is now supernatural.
§ Rehab is universal. So is history.
§ Identity, transcendence, and tactics.
§ Untitled. (a.k.a. Pretty faces, new old photos.)