Swart Donkey

Learning is path dependent. There is a real risk of Group Hypnosis on the path. Money and meaning are made in containers. Within constraints...

One of my favourite essays to regularly reread is Scott Alexander’s “ I can tolerate anything except the outgroup ”. It reminds me of how ...

Human Brilliance is partly over-confidence, the ability to make and tolerate mistakes, and the ability to believe things the evidence doesn...

The trick in hypnosis is that there is no trick. It is just a deep state of relaxation, and a willingness to hand over control to someone ...

What we experience is a controlled hallucination . Our brain creates our world, from various inputs based on what we have sensed before. Ou...

Derren Brown  is a magician who doesn't believe in a magic. At least not it the mystical sense. He frequently denounces those who claim...

Derren Brown's 'Tricks of the Mind' is fascinating. It doesn't go into too much detail, but does give a bunch of links to...