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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
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Can we at least know that we can’t know?
This post is a collection of quick thoughts. My goal in writing it is to come closer to an emotional resolution on the topic of fallibilism and the apparent problem posed by the reflexivity thereof.… Read more
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Bootstrapping our way to self-knowledge
Here’s a quick post demystifying the process by which we’re scientifically bootstrapping our way out of our minds’ and brains’ black boxes into better and better self-knowledge. 1. We identify types of human cognition that… Read more
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Reality isn’t indifferent to your questioning
One thing we can know is that we are questioning As we question the nature of reality, we have very little that is unassailable upon which to build answers. One thing that we can be… Read more
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An Open-Handed Epistemology
I am beginning this blog in order to continue the daily habit of writing without obsessively writing and rewriting my book, The Trinitarian Mystery. Because that book has been such a living document, and because… 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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