Related tags:
science + (75)
religion + (47)
politics + (35)
history + (34)
psychology + (26)
Ethics + (24)
physics + (24)
Art + (23)
Neuroscience + (23)
culture + (21)
literature + (21)
consciousness + (20)
evolution + (19)
economics + (19)
mind + (19)
mathematics + (17)
Math + (16)
biology + (14)
logic + (14)
morality + (14)
reality + (14)
theory + (14)
Brain + (13)
philosophers + (13)
society + (13)
atheism + (12)
brokenlink + (12)
education + (12)
metaphysics + (12)
video + (12)
freewill + (11)
theology + (11)
epistemology + (10)
internet + (10)
language + (10)
life + (10)
nietzsche + (10)
design + (9)
music + (9)
nature + (9)
technology + (9)
truth + (9)
film + (8)
god + (8)
games + (8)
cognition + (8)
ai + (8)
books + (8)
podcast + (8)
sociology + (8)
christianity + (7)
artificialintelligence + (7)
academia + (7)
cosmology + (7)
Humor + (7)
interview + (7)
kant + (7)
law + (7)
linguistics + (7)
obituary + (7)


Users that often use this tag:
homunculus (38)
anotherpanacea (22)
Gyan (19)
kliuless (17)
y2karl (13)
painquale (13)
shivohum (9)
empath (6)
Kattullus (6)
semmi (5)
0bvious (5)
Trurl (4)
cthuljew (4)
Rhaomi (4)
Joe Beese (4)
LobsterMitten (4)
nasreddin (4)
daksya (4)
escabeche (4)
matteo (4)
netbros (4)
the man of twists ... (4)
Tlogmer (3)
MiguelCardoso (3)
Sticherbeast (3)
moonbird (3)
Brandon Blatcher (3)
Wolfdog (3)
Blazecock Pileon (3)
ageispolis (3)
amyms (3)
Obscure Reference (3)
ornate insect (3)
Lutoslawski (3)
troll (3)
Jonathan Livengood (3)
philipy (2)
Rory Marinich (2)
MultiplyDrafted (2)
colinmarshall (2)
Potomac Avenue (2)
daniel_charms (2)
fearfulsymmetry (2)
hydatius (2)
l33tpolicywonk (2)
Abiezer (2)
saulgoodman (2)
jason's_planet (2)
grobstein (2)
scalefree (2)
MetaMonkey (2)
voltairemodern (2)
infini (2)
Roach (2)
zarq (2)
fleetmouse (2)
The Thnikkaman (2)
kenko (2)
TheophileEscargot (2)
swift (2)

Artist and film-maker, Hito Steyerl, asks us to stand shoulder to shoulder with our digital equivalents. Digital images are Things (like you and me) - a plethora of compressed, corrupted representations pushed and pulled through increasingly policed and capitalised information networks. If 80% of all internet traffic^* is SPAM - a liberated excess withdrawn^** from accepted channels of communication - perhaps it is in The Poor Image we find our closest kin? [more inside]
posted by 0bvious on Feb 16, 2012 - 5 comments

Swimming around in a mixture of language and matter, humans occupy a particular evolutionary niche mediated by something we call 'consciousness'. To Professor Nicholas Humphrey we're made up of "soul dust": "a kind of theatre... an entertainment which we put on for ourselves inside our own heads." But just as that theatre is directed by the relationship between language and matter, it is also undermined by it. It all depends how you think it.
posted by 0bvious on Feb 4, 2011 - 17 comments

Writing has been around for a long time, but that doesn't mean we've mastered it yet. Want to make fiction? Perhaps it makes itself, perhaps it makes you... Self reference breeding infinite hyperrealities. Which world will you choose?
posted by 0bvious on May 10, 2006 - 9 comments

Researchers have found that prolonged concentration on a difficult task actually switches off a person's self awareness. Fancy experiencing this sensation for yourself? That would be an oxymoron in existence. Just lay back and let the orgasm take hold.
posted by 0bvious on Apr 20, 2006 - 31 comments

The first Transhuman Conference On the Law of Transhuman Persons: Whether or not you believe humans are set to evolve into gods, or AI is destined to achieve self-awareness the idea of the Transhuman is a thought provoking concept. Philosophers have debated the nature of the self, of the human for millennia. Is it time to start drafting new laws to govern all possible sentient beings on this planet? or is it all just a science of fiction? a comfortable humanist illusion?
posted by 0bvious on Dec 13, 2005 - 37 comments