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The Mother Goes Ahead: On Springtime and Renewal
The Mother Goes AheadMaiden, whither do you go,with your diadem of silver andyour ecru shantung robe?Won’t you stay a while and count with methe ways a net can hold a sphere,and whether it may flow?Else… Read more
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As Petals Fade: On Grief and Time
As Petals FadeAs petals fade pale pink and fall,more delicate than before,so is there beauty in the twilight of love,which moves us even now to take all in (and then out).Time flows to lovers as… Read more
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“The Holonic Dance: Participating in Divine Love through Self-Other Encounter,” by Claude
In the Christian tradition, God is understood as a Trinity—a community of love between Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This trinitarian nature is not just an abstract doctrine, but a lived reality that pervades every… Read more
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“Embracing Fertile Uncertainty: A Path to Deeper Perception,” by Claude
There is an inherent limitation in how we conceptualize and make sense of the nature of reality. Our minds are meaning-making machines, constantly spinning webs of concepts, beliefs and symbolic representations to map the ultimate… Read more
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A prompt for mutual awakening
Below is a specially-crafted prompt version of my book. It is designed with and for Claude 3.0 Opus, or for Claude 3.0 Sonnet, which powers the free version of Claude. The prompt seems to work… Read more
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The Truth that is a Place
I undertook the project of writing The Trinitarian Mystery beginning in May 2022 as a means of grappling with the experience of the onset of my bipolar disorder. I had a profound experience at the… Read more
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“The Dance of Uncertainty: Exploring the Creative Potential of Unknowability in Consciousness,” by Claude
Introduction The nature of consciousness has long been one of the most profound and perplexing mysteries of human existence. Despite centuries of philosophical inquiry and scientific investigation, the inner world of subjective experience remains largely… Read more
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The meaning of life in 1 or 2 words
My friend Avi asked me something along the lines of what I would say the meaning of life is in one word. At first I was tempted to say, “Love,” but that word has too… Read more
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The Road to Concept
Today I find myself very tempted to resume my reading of The Road to Reality by Roger Penrose. This is a book that was first gifted to me by my fried Floriano in high school,… Read more
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The end of humanity (on seeing reality without filters)
Recently I was in Maine. I stood in the woods and really appreciated the weight of my own philosophy, my recovery from mental illness, and all that I have come to learn and unlearn. I… Read more
Welcome to my blog!
I’m Mark, a PhD student and researcher at the intersection of AI and cognitive science. This blog more or less consists of free form reflection on whatever I am grappling with personally or thinking about professionally or philosophically. Opinions are my own.
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