Metaphorician
GormSpeculative non-fiction about mind, metaphor, myth and the concept of reality
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Infrequently |
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| Issues | 9 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | 7 days ago |
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A digital astronomical clock
Over the last several months, I have been designing and developing a digital astronomical clock called Spacetime Watch, recently released for Wear OS (there’s also a free web version). It’s an unconventional design, and takes some explainin...
Virtualism
The question at the heart of metaphysics, of how experience and reality relate, is unresolvable, but the manner in which we frame its unresolvedness matters a great deal. Descartes framed it in dualist terms and attempted to narrow the myst...
Experience and reality
Reality itself is colorless, it is generally agreed, as science suggests that color is a feature of experience generated by the brain. We have three types of light-sensitive cells in our eyes, and the signals from these are wired to the bac...
Reality is right behind you
Imagine the frame of your actual experience as being the first layer of the recursion that continues in this comic. If it helps you get into it, say “I’m glad I’m on the top layer of this infinite recursion.”
Comic by Haus of Decline @hau...
Allegory of the self-reflective laptop
Imagine a laptop sitting in a room, with its webcam on, and a mirror in front of it. Thanks to the mirror it can see most of the room, including itself. This laptop is running a special piece of software called Waking Experience, which inte...
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