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selfawarepatterns ponderings of science philosophy history society and many other topics skip to content selfawarepatterns ponderings of science philosophy history society and many other topics menu home about mind and ai consciousness lies in the eye of the beholder what is a non functional account of consciousness supposed to be a perceptual hierarchy of consciousness hierarchy of consciousness january 2021 edition global workspace theory consciousness as brain wide information sharing chalmers theory of consciousness the barrier of meaning science what do scientific theories actually tell us about the world structural realism a way to be a scientific realist the evolution of the scientific method the spectrum of science to fantasy philosophy how do you separate the objective from the subjective science fiction space 97 of the observable universe is forever unreachable history the value of history morality religion society having productive internet conversations writing exodus the helium sea peter f hamilton s exodus the helium sea is the second part of a duology that began with exodus the archimedes engine it continues the story of humans trying to survive in a star cluster dominated by numerous posthuman species known as celestials the celestials are descendants of the first settlers in the cluster who arrived continue reading exodus the helium sea selfawarepatterns science fiction 2 comments august 15 2026 august 15 2026 3 minutes the orphans trilogy one of the ideas explored in sean williams and shane dix s orphans trilogy is how an early version of uploading might be superseded by later designs and the attitude the later versions have toward the earlier ones in this series the early versions are referred to as engrams echoes of earth the first book starts continue reading the orphans trilogy selfawarepatterns science fiction 7 comments august 2 2026 2 minutes disclosure day and other tv notes i was eleven when steven spielberg s close encounters of the third kind came out in the days after seeing it i spent a substantial chunk of my allowance on ufo magazines reading them it seemed undeniable that we were being visited by extraterrestrials my fascination with ufos didn t last long most of the stories in continue reading disclosure day and other tv notes selfawarepatterns science fiction 6 comments july 25 2026 5 minutes buying a new tv my ancient sony bravia had developed a low grade hum that seemed to be showing up with increasing frequency googling around revealed that it likely indicated the power supply was nearing the end of its life i can t complain the set was 16 years old i mentioned to someone the other day that i was continue reading buying a new tv selfawarepatterns zeitgeist 20 comments july 11 2026 6 minutes for all mankind and star city i was leery of the show for all mankind for a long time the promotional material made it sound more like a political drama than a space adventure and sure enough the first time i tried to watch it a few years ago i largely ran aground on all the domestic soap opera but the continue reading for all mankind and star city selfawarepatterns science fiction 13 comments june 27 2026 june 27 2026 4 minutes dorohedoro and other tv notes posting has been a little light lately a lot going on in real life but i have managed to sneak in some tv time in the last few months i read the book project hail mary several years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it i m a bit late in watching the movie but i caught it continue reading dorohedoro and other tv notes selfawarepatterns science fiction 13 comments june 7 2026 5 minutes the astropolis trilogy in the last post i discussed my recent exploration of reddit the one conversation i ve started so far was a request for posthuman space opera recommendations particularly ones without ftl stories that envision what the future might be like if we can t get around the speed of light limit one hidden gem recommended was sean continue reading the astropolis trilogy selfawarepatterns science fiction 3 comments may 9 2026 5 minutes social networks and exploring reddit it s been a while since i ve done a social media post something i did more often back in the days of twitter s convulsions and as people fled to various other platforms for a long time i held out hope that the fediverse would be the new paradigm but while there remain many enthusiasts and my continue reading social networks and exploring reddit selfawarepatterns zeitgeist 18 comments may 3 2026 4 minutes the faith of beasts the faith of beasts is the second book of the captive s war trilogy authored by james s a corey the pen name of the writing duo ty franck and daniel abraham best known as the authors of the expanse this book continues the story of a far future human population conquered by an alien empire continue reading the faith of beasts selfawarepatterns science fiction 2 comments april 18 2026 april 18 2026 2 minutes children of strife adrian tchaikovsky s children of time books are about exploring different types of minds in the first book he looked at spider minds specifically uplifted portia spiders in the second it was octopuses and an alien group mind in the third it was mated birds and another type of mind in children of strife he continues continue reading children of strife selfawarepatterns science fiction 2 comments april 8 2026 4 minutes posts navigation older posts search for recent posts exodus the helium sea the orphans trilogy disclosure day and other tv notes buying a new tv for all mankind and star city dorohedoro and other tv notes the astropolis trilogy social networks and exploring reddit the faith of beasts children of strife is the eliminative stance productive slow gods project hanuman information as the fundamental reality the attitude of physicalism halcyon years popular posts mind uploading and the philosophy of self why faster than light travel is inevitably also time travel would aliens or ai have religion 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