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Taxonomy of Pseudo-Intellectualism A neoBuddhist Perspective
A critique of Am I a Pseudo-Intellectual? With bonus content: Taxonomy of Pseudo-Intellectualism What is a pseudo-intellectual, and what makes an intellectual if education or qualifications do not? In this video, I build on two other videos who discuss the topic and ask the question: is there any benefit to identifying pseudo-intellectuals, or is the really something we should be more self-aware about? 0:00 okay so...
Disentangling Stupidity for Psychoanalysis
Stupidity and Psychoanalysis| Book Launch Seminar This Lacan in Scotland seminar "Stupidity and Psychoanalysis" took place 30 January 2025 on Zoom. The seminar celebrates the book launch of "Stupidity and Psychoanalysis: Lacanian Perspectives on New Subjectivities and Social Forms" with a panel discussion. The editor of the book, Professor Cindy Zeiher (University of Canterbury) serves as session chair together with Professor Calum Neill (Director of...
Let’s talk about Brain Rot
This is a critique of the conversation from the video: There exists a peculiar paradox at the heart of modern neuroscience and philosophy—one that insists that despite our ability to reflect, deliberate, and act with intent, free will is nothing more than an illusion. Figures like [SH], wrapped in the certainty of their pop-neuroscientific reductionism, argue that our thoughts and actions simply arise, devoid of...
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Taxonomy of Pseudo-Intellectualism
🧠 The Taxonomy of Pseudo-Intellectualism Dictionary Definition: pseudo-intellectual, nounA person who wants to be thought of as having a lot of intelligence...
Intellectual Karma Diagnostic Matrix
This version of the matrix emphasizes behavioral dynamics rather than archetypes, organizing patterns across a spectrum from implicit immaturity to...
Rulers, ruled by Women
Lewis, Jone Johnson. (2025, April 1). Women Rulers of the Ancient and Classical World. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/ancient-women-rulers-3528391 Though most rulers in...
White Feminism
Introduction WHEN I WAS TWENTY-SIX, I published a personal essay on passing as both whiteand straight, of which I am...
The Trouble with White Women
Subjects: LCSH: Feminism—Moral and ethical aspects—United States—History. | Women, White—Civil rights—United States—History. |Minority women—Civil rights—United States—History. | Minoritywomen activists—United States—History....
Jung's Psychology and Tibetan Buddhism Western and Eastern Paths to
Jung's Psychology and Tibetan Buddhism Western and Eastern Paths to the Heart Radmila Moacanin In her preface to this book,...
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The digital euro for the digital economy.
Dear esteemed members and distinguished attendees, It is both a unique honor and a testament to the democratic vibrancy of the...
The democratization of technology.
AI is possibly the "last invention" mankind would need to make, and the rewards are incalculable, which is also true...
The current state of climate change 2022
Today I would like to take some time to lay out the current levels of green house gasses with historical...
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neoBuddhist concepts of love, in romantic relationships.
The Philosophy of Love by Karen Existential love, a quest for meaning,A path to self, a soul's redeeming,Love as virtue, a...
Cannabis policy models
Create a strict legal framework for controlling the production, distribution, sale and possession of cannabis. This aims to accomplish 3...
Medical Cannabis in Parkinson Disease: Real-Life Patients' Experience
This originally appeared at https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29059132/ Authors Yacov Balash 1 , Lihi Bar-Lev Schleider, Amos D Korczyn, Herzel Shabtai, Judith Knaani, Alina Rosenberg, Yehuda Baruch, Ruth Djaldetti, Nir Giladi, Tanya Gurevich PMID:...
The Spillover Effect of Recreational Marijuana Legalization on Crime: Evidence
This originally appeared at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0022042620921359 Guangzhen Wu https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5767-0986 [email protected], Francis D. Boateng, and Xiaodong LangView all authors and affiliations https://doi.org/10.1177/0022042620921359 Abstract An ongoing debate...
IS RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA A GATEWAY TO HARDER DRUG USE AND
This was originally at https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w29038/w29038.pdf Recreational marijuana laws (RMLs), which legalize the possession of small quantities of marijuana for recreational use,...
Effects of Drug Policy Liberalization on Public Safety: A Review
This originally appeared at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4294150 Maria M. OrsiniOhio State University (OSU) - Department of Sociology December 5, 2022AbstractAfter decades of criminalization,...
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The digital euro for the digital economy.
Dear esteemed members and distinguished attendees, It is both a unique honor and a testament to the democratic vibrancy of the...
What are dendrites and what do they do ?
An interesting video on dendrites and the history of neural networks....
The democratization of technology.
AI is possibly the "last invention" mankind would need to make, and the rewards are incalculable, which is also true...
