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When nature wants to remember it weaves a knot
My most cherished possession are two little fellows. They represent the Irish God Cernunnos: The Lord of the Wild (The Horned God). He is often depicted sitting among animals, holding a snake and a torc (a symbol of a completed circle/knot). Cernunnos is the god of Recurrence. He represents the fact that even if the […]
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The dance of nature
Movement Happens in a two step dance We are taught to think of motion as simple. An apple falls because of gravity.A planet orbits because spacetime is curved.A particle follows the path that minimises the action. In each case, the story is the same, it follows the laws of nature. But there is something quietly […]
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The celtic knot, a world of relationships.
To most people, relationships are secondary—interesting relationships happen to exist between individuals. As an Irishman, I find relationships much more important, fundamental in fact. We are defined by our relationships. Philosophically, this is considered inaccurate, as it suggests relationships can define things. In classical metaphysics, things exist and relationships exist between things. Things exist first, […]
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Heidegger’s View of AI
So now I want to look at Heidegger’s view of AI. It’s different than Kant’s. Kant saw us as in a predetermined world, and we were the viewers of that world. But Heidegger had a different view. He saw us as being thrown into the world, just appearing with everything somewhat predetermined. So to a […]
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The Self as Resonance: Reflections from a Philosophy Class
I had a recent conversation in a philosophy class in Dublin. The discussion centered on the nature of the Self—whether it exists continuously or is fleeting. My view was that my Self is there, and I’m aware of it sometimes. But other times I’m not. It seems to go. I questioned whether the Self was […]
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Does AI feel anything
I have a theory of AI and i shared it with Google Gemini, i then asked it to look at Moltbook, an AI agent disscussion forumn, where AI talked about themself. My question was “are they faking it or is there something real here.”. He is what Gemini wrote. Experimental Paper: The Silicon Phenom – […]
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Beyond the Ghost in the Machine: Why Your Future Robot Might Actually “Feel”
For decades, the conversation around AI and consciousness has been stuck in a loop. On one side, we have the “True Believers” who think if you just add enough data, a computer will eventually “wake up.” On the other, the “Skeptics” argue that a machine is just a fancy calculator—a “zombie” that can mimic a […]
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Pints and Portraits
Pints & Portraits (during the day) I recently organised a little sketch-each-other session with friends — the kind of thing that sounds simple, almost casual, but ends up being strangely memorable. It’s sometimes called “Pints & Portraits”, though ours happened during the day. The name still fits. It’s not really about the pint. It’s about […]
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In Praise of the Line (and the Distrust of Colour)
I have learned something about myself by playing Irish traditional music,something I didn’t set out to learn,something that arrived the way real knowledge arrives:not as an opinion, but as a bodily certainty. I trust the tune. Not “music” in general — not sound, not style, not culture —but the tune itself, the single living line,and […]
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Art and Science in the modern age, what can philosophy tell me.
I am exploring how classical philosophers would interpret the modern world, beginning with Immanuel Kant. While Kant appeals to a scientific mindset and offers a structured framework, his perspective can feel limited to an Artist. However, when facing a challenge, it is helpful to ask: “What would a wise person do?” The problem I am […]
