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Ideas about what makes humans so brilliant, terrible, and utterly weird -- none of which would make it past peer-review.

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Sep 10, 2026
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Jul 17, 2026

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  1. Issue · Sep 10, 2026

    Michael Levin made me believe in gods (opens the original)

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    <img alt="Gustav Klimt tapestry : Danae, 1908, 155 x 65 cm" class="sizing-normal" height="377" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WVUD!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5e

  2. Issue · Aug 18, 2026

    And the universe said you are the universe (opens the original)

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    <img alt="Calvin and Hobbes looking into space (1920 X 1080) : r/Amoledbackgrounds" class="sizing-normal" height="819" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Nved!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.c

  3. Issue · Jul 17, 2026

    The New York Times is publishing AI slop (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="819" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vzJM!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1f562839-1e55-4f62-8a75-f56dc25cdf68_2932x1650.pn

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