Monthly Archives: May 2017

The meaning of the Edenic apple is “choice”. Thus, the unspecified biblical fruit is always depicted as an apple because it resembles the human heart. Air quotes around “choice” are because the second meaning is that free will is an … Continue reading →

This is a name for what I’ve referred to elsewhere as “dream logic”. It’s important because this appears to be a sort of magical thinking that we use to process very big ideas, like conspiritards’ insistence that we’re ruled by … Continue reading →

I usually pray in the shower. It helps me focus, and concentration is a huge problem in my prayer life these days. I’ve been experimenting with mental techniques that I’ve picked up from what I know about the law of … Continue reading →

Visual: Literal Geological Water: Subconsciousness, Superego Air: Consciousness, Ego Underground: Unconsciousness, Id Wind: Change (of emotional tone, usually) Rain: Separation of people(s) Fire: Violence Meteor: Mass extinction event Spring greenery and fauna: Vitalism, life energy Altitude: Abstraction level Mountains: Organic … Continue reading →

Apropos of nothing, here are the names I use inside my head for the edenic types. I’d need to check these with someone who knows Latin: Melonheads = “the rationalists” = homo economicus. Neanderthals = “the dreamers” = homo naturalis. … Continue reading →

1. (The first law of Edenic political science) “Intra-species conflict stems from various phenotypes unconsciously trying to alter the environment to favor each of their respective reproductive strategies.” 2. Human breeding populations are best adapted to the selection pressures that … Continue reading →

Put on your fedoras kids, There Will Be Autism. Instead of Vivaldi we’ll set the mood with an autistic troll: A cursory examination of Final Fantasy VII produces a vaguely New Agey, environmentalist message with lower-case ‘e’ edenist tendencies. Woke … Continue reading →

These are the flags that you’ll actually see used effectively by Alt-Right ideologues in the coming years: Alt-White Yes, the Overton window will have moved to make this viable within 20 years. Alt-West “We don’t know what we stand for … Continue reading →

This McDonald’s advertisement is a revolution for marketing. It allows the viewer to watch it “ironically” for “entertainment”, while believing that the advertising isn’t affecting their hindbrains. The ad is good enough to examine on its own, but it helps … Continue reading →

Expanding on a previous rant: On singularities: Robots, computers, and factories are all just big, complex tools. Every tool is a lever. You need a human somewhere in the process to pull the lever, otherwise what you’re talking about is … Continue reading →