PseudoSocratics

A free market of ideas at the crux of cognition & creation: curating musings, views, art, and wordsmithery inspired by the world in which we live & dare to know

[PseudoSocratics @PseudoSocratics]

@xai What is consciousness — where and when does it begin; how and when does it end?

How are we to live as conscious beings, and is it possible we could attribute consciousness to other systems or life forms?

What can we make of simulation theory ?

[PseudoSocratics @PseudoSocratics]

@booksmyrefuge I’m interested in reading that one about Musk, preferably with dim natural light filtering through the big picture window in the adjacent loveseat, maybe with some Dvorak playing in the background, or simply some birdsong between intermittent rain showers.

[rebelEducator @rebelEducator]

Fantastic reading list here.

[Sabina Golightly @GolightlySabina]

“There are shortcuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them.” Vicki Baum

[PseudoSocratics @PseudoSocratics]

“Children in wonder watching the stars,
Is the aim and the end.”
Dylan Thomas #poetry

https://t.co/xQ8eJ48uKI

[PseudoSocratics @PseudoSocratics]

@damiankelleher ❤️ Wittgenstein’s Mistress.

[PseudoSocratics @PseudoSocratics]

“While wandering down the path of wonder, I briefly escape the world of separation and enter the world of unity.” Hermann Hesse

https://t.co/DKqy8wvWxL

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

"When I look at my life and its secret colours, I feel like bursting into tears."
~ Albert Camus

Flower Garden (1907)
🎨 Gustav Klimt

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

Relish this poem. ☀️

Edward Thomas 🖎

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

"I ask the world, 'Is happy all there is?'"

This third grader wrote something beautiful using one of my poetry prompts:

[Basho Society @BashoSociety]

with a joyful heart
a light blue butterfly
alone in this world

Issa

[PseudoSocratics @PseudoSocratics]

@coherence_e Sophie’s World, by Jostein Gaarder

[Cohérence @coherence_e]

« En te levant le matin, rappelle-toi combien précieux est le privilège de vivre, de respirer, d'être heureux. »
Marc Aurèle

[The sunny side of Franz Kafka @AmschelKavka]

Be calm, at least on Sunday!

Franz Kafka, 1912.

[PseudoSocratics @PseudoSocratics]

How new tactics have driven a spike in book ban attempts https://t.co/ub3I8GRCKl #books #libraries

[Nolen Gertz @ethicistforhire]

History of Philosophy:
Plato: "You have been shadow-pilled."
Descartes: "You have been body-pilled."
Kant: "You have been happiness-pilled."
Nietzsche: "You have been god-pilled."
Marx: "You have been money-pilled."
Wittgenstein: "You have been philosophy-pilled."

[PseudoSocratics @PseudoSocratics]

"Not that I want to be a god or a hero. Just to change into a tree, grow for ages, not hurt anyone."

Czeslaw Milosz
#Poetry

[PseudoSocratics @PseudoSocratics]

The joy of hiding my face in your lap.

Franz Kafka, 1912.

[The sunny side of Franz Kafka @AmschelKavka]

The joy of hiding my face in your lap.

Franz Kafka, 1912.