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Indexed issues, last 90 days
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Sep 1, 2026
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Jul 4, 2026

Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 1, 2026

    How to be mistaken that one is in pain (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="637" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ayHG!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1bd133a4-381c-4ecc-9c7a-83ff5196f524_1877x821.jpe

  2. Issue · Aug 17, 2026

    A Travesty of Triangles (opens the original)

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    Scotty was grumpy. Professor Charles was taking too long building Scotty’s new cyber goggles, and the old ones were really acting up today. Not only were they giving Scotty terrible headaches, but they were forcing him to imagine red triangles everywhere and all of the time. “Yeargh,” said Scotty, “it’s worse than ear worms. I have eye worms in my mind’s eye. Mind worms! Red triangular mind worms. Yeargh!”<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!

  3. Issue · Jul 13, 2026

    The Real Thing (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="619" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nAGK!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F591ff632-fce1-4ced-b0f0-78db5e189d14_495x619.jpeg"

  4. Issue · Jul 9, 2026

    The refrigerator-light illusion as a philosophical methodology (opens the original)

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    <img alt="IMG_0345.jpeg" class="sizing-normal" height="1601" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9Una!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe6af105f-f1c1-46a6-8ae7-517

  5. Issue · Jul 4, 2026

    Can speakers believe incorrectly that they mean the same thing? (opens the original)

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