posts by anon 0x213

The term I would use for this position is Right-Gaianism. Gaia, the unity of geochemical-organic-processes powered by the Sun, is manifestly present in nature. In being higher order than man Gaia should be considered sacred, and the enlivening of Gaia a se... 13mo ago (collapse hidden) 22

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The best thing Greer has written is How Civilizations Fall: A Theory of Catabolic Collapse. I don't see a way in which the rate of oil extraction isn't greater than the rate of replenishment. Since gigafarm output is proportional to oil while traditional f... 13mo ago (collapse hidden) 22

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I bring good tidings Anon, Theodore is dead. ... 13mo ago (collapse hidden) 22

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"Woo" is a heavily loaded word here. What I want to point to are "counterinductive hypotheses." Take something like remote viewing: the spooks invested in it, there's some anecdotes about it working, it's testable, and it goes against everything we know. I... 13mo ago (collapse hidden) 22

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Here is what I mean to point to when I say quantity-first: ... 12mo ago (collapse hidden) 22

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My experience is colored by coming of age on an internet where New Atheism was ascendant, but hard materialism sure felt like the default engineering metaphysics at that time. It also does not feel particularly niche now, hence the hand wringing over "the ... 12mo ago (collapse hidden) 22

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