NoFreeWill posted:david graeber wrote a baffler piece in which he claimed that atoms/molecules play to account for consciousness' material basis lol.
i dont see why it would be that hard to actually write about the material basis for consciousness (which actually has people studying it, and learning things?) rather than some sort of dumb homunculism. i remember reading some famous cognitive philosopher's wiki page (thomas nagel?) and he said in the introduction that basically everything knew about the actual science came from popsci books.
gyrofry posted:substitute yr favorite source of funding for research seman
NIH? NSF?
gyrofry posted:once NIH discovers the material basis for consciousness we are gonna see some big changes around this place
its gonna be something really stupid and obvious like "the brain" or "being alive" or whatever and everyone's gonna say "i could have told you that!" but they don't understand how science is performed.
hello, thebaffler.
worthless posted:.custom227002{}NoFreeWill posted:david graeber wrote a baffler piece in which he claimed that atoms/molecules play to account for consciousness' material basis lol.
I liked that article a lot, and shared it with friends and family.
it was ok except for that part, but it would be better if he actually knew anything about play, which he doesn't. as a play researcher, I
thirdplace posted:i the point of that graeber article was less "i believe in panpsychism and you should too" as "panpsychism makes as much sense as an answer for unanswered questions concerning the origins of minds as any other, but society has defaulted to equally (in)plausible deterministic ideas because of a bias towards narrow utilitarianism which in turn exists because it is the organizing spirit behind a capitalist economy." i liked it, and i like the baffler. but, i'm a liberal
same
swampman posted:That's in 4 days from the date this post was posted! That's less than 5 days
With restrictions that unrealistic you'd think the prize would be something bigger than a subscriptionq
ilmdge posted:swampman posted:That's in 4 days from the date this post was posted! That's less than 5 days
With restrictions that unrealistic you'd think the prize would be something bigger than a subscriptionq
The best part about a baffler subscription is by the time you get another issue you literally have no idea what the baffler is again
discipline posted:Like, the caliber of work here is kinda bad, even articles posted to the front page seem sometimes like a proud mom putting her kid's art on the fridge (many of them are mine full disclosure). We all have the capacity to produce work that exceeds the Baffler or anywhere else in quality but we hate ourselves, which is how you know we're sincere about our politics. Joey saw the promise and build us this wonderworld. That's why daddy left us forever.
i dont work for free
if u guys paid i would have this place humming like a mfer
littlegreenpills posted:i will pay bf to post here. in advance. bf do not post from now on until i send you money.
u got venmo
discipline posted:Like, the caliber of work here is kinda bad, even articles posted to the front page seem sometimes like a proud mom putting her kid's art on the fridge (many of them are mine full disclosure). We all have the capacity to produce work that exceeds the Baffler or anywhere else in quality but we hate ourselves, which is how you know we're sincere about our politics. Joey saw the promise and build us this wonderworld. That's why daddy left us forever.
i think some of us just don't want to draw attention to ourselves here
discipline posted:Like, the caliber of work here is kinda bad, even articles posted to the front page seem sometimes like a proud mom putting her kid's art on the fridge (many of them are mine full disclosure). We all have the capacity to produce work that exceeds the Baffler or anywhere else in quality but we hate ourselves, which is how you know we're sincere about our politics. Joey saw the promise and build us this wonderworld. That's why daddy left us forever.
this is so fucking catholic
daddyholes posted:well say there were some of us who drew attention to ourselves regularly through our writing, and we didn't want a long piece with all our writing habits and tics attached to a Web site where someone posted the pressure cooker bomb instructions from Inspire
lol
jools posted:discipline posted:Like, the caliber of work here is kinda bad, even articles posted to the front page seem sometimes like a proud mom putting her kid's art on the fridge (many of them are mine full disclosure). We all have the capacity to produce work that exceeds the Baffler or anywhere else in quality but we hate ourselves, which is how you know we're sincere about our politics. Joey saw the promise and build us this wonderworld. That's why daddy left us forever.
this is so fucking catholic
i don't hate myself. i'm wonderful.