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You are a neuron in the mind of a giant.
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What is beauty for?
To find out, notice anti-beauty.
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I am become infinite monkeys, author of Hamlet
Shakespeare, ChatGPT, and infinite typewriters.
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Why I am Christian again
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Physicist Claims Sagrada Familia Is a Portal to Interstellar Space
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Free speech on Substack should work like AA
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The Spiritual-But-Not-Religious Horsemen of the Apocalypse
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I am become infinite monkeys, author of Hamlet
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Merry only has half a brain
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Why I am Christian again
Puncturing the vault of heaven to rediscover earth.
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Large Language Messiah
A false prophecy.
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Free speech on Substack should work like AA
Good standards come from a distribution structure to encourage good faith, not censorship.
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Why people come to LA
And why I’m staying.
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Merry only has half a brain
A man with no left brain and why it was nearly good for him.
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Trust your cognitive biases
And why I love diners where the food is just OK.
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Your Doctor is an Inadvertent Faith Healer
The relegation of the placebo effect to mere snake oil.
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