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How a Crash Put Me on Course · June 1, 2026 · preamble series
A blackout at motorway speed seven years ago forced an inventory of what matters — thinking, learning, making sense. The crash put me on the course that became SPLectrum.
A blackout at motorway speed seven years ago forced an inventory of what matters — thinking, learning, making sense. The crash put me on the course that became SPLectrum.
Wiring the Brain · June 8, 2026 · preamble series
In my younger years — I am nearly sixty now — I wanted to write a book about the human brain. I was fascinated by viewing it as a computer...
In my younger years — I am nearly sixty now — I wanted to write a book about the human brain. I was fascinated by viewing it as a computer...
No Life Without Death · June 16, 2026 · preamble series
We take life for granted and expect it to last forever. Well, life as a whole will be there for quite a while yet, but our individual life is much...
We take life for granted and expect it to last forever. Well, life as a whole will be there for quite a while yet, but our individual life is much...
Promises Made, Promises Broken · June 24, 2026 · preamble series
This post is from a period before SPLectrum. I wrote a small number of posts, but wasn’t exactly a productive writer. It was not until the arrival of AI that...
This post is from a period before SPLectrum. I wrote a small number of posts, but wasn’t exactly a productive writer. It was not until the arrival of AI that...
Philosophy and the Brain · July 1, 2026 · preamble series
This century is seeing an exponential increase in knowledge in scientific disciplines like neuroscience, behavioural biology, and artificial intelligence. That scientific understanding can, in turn, guide our philosophical thinking in...
This century is seeing an exponential increase in knowledge in scientific disciplines like neuroscience, behavioural biology, and artificial intelligence. That scientific understanding can, in turn, guide our philosophical thinking in...
Evolution and the Brain · July 8, 2026 · preamble series
The brain is an organ with over 500 million years of evolution behind it. It probably got started as integration centres in simple nerve nets — the early brainless nervous...
The brain is an organ with over 500 million years of evolution behind it. It probably got started as integration centres in simple nerve nets — the early brainless nervous...
Am I a Libertarian? · July 16, 2026 · preamble series
Personal freedom, self-organising communities, and decentralisation — where the libertarian label fits, where it doesn't, and why the question mark in the title is the point.
Personal freedom, self-organising communities, and decentralisation — where the libertarian label fits, where it doesn't, and why the question mark in the title is the point.