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War Games

Societies have opinions on both the concept of war and games. Choosing to mix those two concepts is a luxury afforded to some societies’ citizens but not others. This is a unifying concept in understanding how to liberate classes oppressed by this fact. The generic nature of this statement requires it to be made logically. So the fact that logic is a very powerful form of magic must be addressed…

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Feedback: The Power of Internal and External Input

We receive feedback both internally from our thoughts and judgements and externally through sensory input. Feedback is anything resultant of something that we DO. If you punch the wall, you will receive pain as feedback and may have an automatic thought such as “Ouch, shouldn’t do that again”. Feedback is what informs our beliefs and worldviews, negative feedback informs what we SHOULDN’T do…

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Language as sequences

Language can be defined as a sequences of signals (whether visual, aural or any other type of signal). A signal is any physical expression of information. So what does defining those concepts accomplish for us? Thinking of language as sequences of information allows us to chunk our used language down to the basest character or blip and scale up until we reach novels, libraries or the theoretical…

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Type setting

Type setting, a phrase that has at least two meaning. First, to set a type, or a category. Second, the specifics of setting type to display medium. Both come heavily into play when I think of set theory. For example, categorizing organisms into sets like “Animals” and further subsets such as “Dogs”. Or for our other meaning we can “set the type of the type setting”, such as what it will be…

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Food for thought

What is proper fare for thinkers? Deep esoteric mysteries? Neat, self contained blocks of logic? When you tackle the big questions sometimes you bite off a bit more than you can chew. Sometimes an idea takes your thoughts from one place to another while others will cause your mind to wander. Some notions might give you mental indigestion while others you can digest quite easily. Just because…

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Voice from the Static

We live in a vast, possibly infinite universe. The objects and phenomena in this universe can be considered information. This information is sometimes useful and sometimes not; it depends on what one is looking for. Despite the apparent randomness of our universe we seek to discern patterns and meaning from what may be inherently meaningless. When life appears it begins to order and seek things…

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Writing Existence

Reality is the universe’s largest collaborative writing project. From the most basic particle to the most advanced intelligence we collectively determine the nature of our unfolding existence. Large sweeping metaphor aside, what is writing and why do it? Writing is the symbolic representation of information. It is the transcription of intent, the ordering of ideas; therefore it is a very…

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Way of Shadow

Every physical model I am aware of describes shadow as an absence of light, an area shielded from the radiation of a light source. But throughout history darkness and shadow has held a special place in the collective unconscious. For many shadows trigger fear of the unknown, the unknowable. They have been personified and anthropomorphized and given attributes beyond a mere physical description.…

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Way of Shadow

Every physical model I am aware of describes shadow as an absence of light, an area shielded from the radiation of a light source. But throughout history darkness and shadow has held a special place in the collective unconscious. For many shadows trigger fear of the unknown, the unknowable. They have been personified and anthropomorphized and given attributes beyond a mere physical description.…

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Expectations

We expect things. It’s in our nature, and part of the journey of learning. When things happen and we think we see why we expect them to follow that pattern. When reality challenges our expectations it often leaves us scrambling to figure out what happened. Managing expectations is an underrated skill. Putting our faith in the right things helps us avoid having the surprises life throws at us…

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Chess

We are but pieces in a cosmic game,A glimmer of light, a fleeting name.Pawn or king we are all as one,A simple piece in battles won. As the players make their moves,We move in our studied grooves.As pieces slowly leave the board,We attend to the once ignored.As the game wanders towards its end,and solid plans begin to bend,We move in ways unexpected,for new tactics being injected. And then at…