Join Notes
A batch of the best highlights from what Tristan's read, .
I doubt that a chipmunk asks, “Why did I think that?” It is only the larger brains that have the hardware to process thoughts like “I am perceiving myself perceiving myself.” In his book I Am a Strange Loop, Douglas Hofstadter calls the sense of “self” a feedback loop. The perceiver perceives itself in real time. (He wanted to call the book “I” Is a Strange Loop, but the publisher overruled him.)
Free Will Explained
Dan Barker
Like beauty, free will is a harmony of more than one bell ringing at the same time. It seems to have a dual nature. In The Evolution of Physics, Einstein fretted about a similar paradox, the dual nature of light as a wave and as a particle:
Free Will Explained
Dan Barker
His obsession with secrets is evident in his famous interview question: “What important truth do very few people agree with you on?”
Why Peter Thiel Searches for Reality-Bending 'Secrets'
https://theprofile.substack.com/p/peter-thiel-secrets
...catch up on these, and many more highlights
Readwise