This is a post following up a bit on my last one about Daniel Dennett’s talk, I think Arthur Young’s usage of the idea of degrees of freedom is particularly useful to think about in a number of contexts. In his book The Reflexive Universe, Arthur Young is trying to develop a theory of evolution […]
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What does agency, your grandparents, Civil War soldiers, and the biblical book of Malachi have in common? Intergenerational trauma. Intergenerational trauma is something that likely, knowingly or unknowingly, affects the majority of us. Like it or not, the events that happened to our parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents can fundamentally shape who we are and what
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What follows is the second chapter in my master’s thesis. CHAPTER 2 What a Psychedelic Experience is Like Now that I have characterized experience, including the psychedelic experience, as having the capability of playing a causal role in the healing, the question remains, what exactly is the psychedelic experience? What is it like? And how
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