Instigated by listening to a video titled Gurdjieff: The Man Who Claimed Most Humans Are Not Truly Alive, this article consolidates information from that video, my childhood, and the writer P.D. Ouspensky, much of which may come from the mystic traveler George Ivanovich Gurdjieff, with additional processing by these other minds. I intend to write thisContinue reading “-Gurdjieff: Most People Have No Soul”
Tag Archives: philosophy
-Can Artificial Intelligence Have a Soul?
This article presents my personal perspective on whether Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems – specifically those with a human language interface such as ChatGPT with underlying LLMs (Large Language Models) – can have souls. Update 14.Dec.2025: I moved this post to here: AITLDR summary by gemini: The following discussion prompted my writing, but the entire topicContinue reading “-Can Artificial Intelligence Have a Soul?”
-JW Consciousness Stream – 26 November 2025
This short entry represents something like my stream of consciousness for Wednesday, 26 November, 2025. This is basically like a journal entry that I work on throughout the day and then don’t go back to correct errors. Update 23.Dec.2025: Reposted here: Some topics in this post: Yesterday I went to I went to a RussianContinue reading “-JW Consciousness Stream – 26 November 2025”
-Ignorance and Stupidity
Recently in my YouTube feed, a video regarding Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s warning about the nature of stupidity appeared. Update: Republished here: Bonhoeffer was murdered by the Nazis towards the end of the second world war, likely under false pretenses but actually for espousing his beliefs. This video got me thinking about the difference between ignorance andContinue reading “-Ignorance and Stupidity”
-The Universe 25 Experiment
This article summarizes the Universe 25 experiment and provides my individual perspectives. Update 21.Dec.2025: I am moving away from this blog. I republished this article here: My friend Marta asked for my perspective on this: ChatGPT Summary of Universe 25 Experiment The Universe 25 experiment is one of the most famous—and controversial—studies on social behavior,Continue reading “-The Universe 25 Experiment”
-Bibliography
This is a current and far-from-complete draft bibliography for a “book” that I’m trying to write about my life story including advice for my children as well as my various philosophies, which are not yet integrated and may even conflict. Update 15.Dec.2025: I now maintain a much longer bibliography here: Each of us is aContinue reading “-Bibliography”
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