King Canute
I like to write in a variety of fields to spread my mistakes more thinly.
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Kind of New (opens the original)
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Like, this was a combination of, of jasmWhat they used to call jasm, in, in, in the brothelsAnd ass music, the reason they called it ass musicWas because there was a, a shitload of brass instrumentsThat were stolen of one of those shipsAnd also everybody in the ghetto had a trumpet or a saxAnd certainly they were playingBut they had no formal trainingSo they called them ass musiciansSo the combination of jasm and assWas what you came up with when you came up with, with JazzThis is what you call
The Illusion of Intelligence (opens the original)
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(30/08/2026): I’ve posted a comment from Daniel Dennett relevant to this essay, but which I came across after publication, here.<img alt="F
Artificial Words (opens the original)
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Review Essay: Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned (opens the original)
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This essay was originally submitted to the ACX Book Review Contest 2026, where it received an Honourable Mention. I made some slight edits to that version before posting it here.(03/08/2026): Derek James asked whether novelty and interestingness are themselves forms of objective search. Read his question and my response.Subscribe nowDissolv
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