The mystery of consciousness is deeper than we thought [Philip Goff / Scientific American] — We lack even the beginning of an explanation of how the brain produces our inner world of colors, sounds, smells and tastes. A thought experiment with “pain-pleasure” zombies illustrates the mystery.
We’ve watched 7 episodes of the 13-episode first season of the 2004 “Battlestar Galactica” and I’m underwhelmed. It’s fine. Entertaining, but not living up to the fan enthusiasm.
I feel like B:G is a first draft of “Expanse.”
Does the series get better?
Two theories about Biden, comprising four strained metaphors
There’s a conspiracy theory going around that billionaires are pulling the strings to destroy Biden so he doesn’t raise their taxes. I’m more than halfway to believing this theory.
A less tinfoil-hat theory: Leading Democrats and journalists pushing Biden to resign are caught up in inside-the-Beltway elitism combined with getting swept up in the dominant narrative.
Inside-the-Beltway elitism lends the afflicted person to engage in five-dimensional chess when all they need to do is keep their eyes on the road and hands on the wheel. Voters knew who Biden was when they voted for him in 2020.
I extended my @macstories@macstories.net subscription after seeing this article by nileane@macstories.net, followed by this post from @viticci@macstories.net.
It’s literally the least I can do to support trans rights.
Julie and I are in a YouTube rut — the algorithm keeps throwing videos I don’t want to watch. What are some YouTube videos and channels you like. Under 15 minutes per video because life is short and rounded with a sleep and who has time for long videos not me.
My newsletter migration is complete! (I think)
I think I have successfully moved my mailing list from Mailchimp to Micro.blog. If you’re reading this in email, you’ll know I did it right. If you don’t see this post, please message me and I’ll get it straightened out (hahahahaha — I make a funny, yes?).
Here’s where you can subscribe to my newsletter. It’s a daily digest of posts I make here.
Micro.blog is the service that I use to host mitchw.blog. I recommend it.
Thanks to @manton for making the process (relatively) easy. A couple of bumps but probably nothing at all to someone with a bit more skills than I have.
A colleague was working in a library and got shushed by the librarian and a fellow patron.
I was immediately impressed and jealous. I haven’t been shushed at a library since I was 17 years old.
The small, prosperous Parsi community of people in India leave their dead out naked in the forest to be consumed by vultures. [99percentinvisible.org] — Learning about this tradition horrified me at first — but only for an instant. The Parsi tradition is no weirder than burying dead people, burning them up, or chucking them in the ocean. The Parsi tradition just seems revolting to me because I’m not used to it.
I’m in Inoreader several times a day, every day, workdays, weekends and holidays. It is one of those products that makes me wonder if the people who build it actually use it.