Unpublishable Papers
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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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/$s_!WVUD!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5e
And the universe said you are the universe (opens the original)
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<img alt="Calvin and Hobbes looking into space (1920 X 1080) : r/Amoledbackgrounds" class="sizing-normal" height="819" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Nved!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.c
The New York Times is publishing AI slop (opens the original)
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