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Dualism & Neurodivergence
TL;DR – By believing we are not our bodies, we are encouraged to fight our brains, rather than work with them. I believe it is quite common for people in American culture (and likely others) to view themselves as an incorporeal “soul” inhabiting a body. I am the soul, the body is just a vehicle…
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Geometry / Relativity
There’s a classic way to teach relativity, where we start with the notion that all observers view light to travel at exactly c, and then work out what that means about the world. We often talk about box cars with light and mirrors, spaceships flying past one another at high speeds, and so on. But…
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Reboot/Thesis
For the past 10 years, I’ve been slowly learning how being neurodivergent has affected the way I understand the world. I’m diagnosed ADHD, but a lot of the symptoms of Autism also fit my experience as well. Medication and therapy helped me get past the anxiety and depression that had arisen from this condition, and…