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The “Hard Problem” of Consciousness is just us being loudly confused about the nature of reality

I respond a bit to this “hard problem” silliness and give a bit of my perspective (I swear, it’s mostly not panpsychism), as well as…

13 min readApr 26, 2024

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The “Hard Problem” of Consciousness is just us being loudly confused about the nature of reality

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A Practical Guide to Finding Meaning (according to science)

Meaning-making is a reflexive skill. It is also a process that can be shaped from your thoughts, actions, and environment. Previously…

13 min readJul 3, 2023

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A Practical Guide to Finding Meaning (according to science)

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High on COVID: On finding meaning while painfully tripping

I’ve finally joined the zombie horde of those infected with the virus–as of writing this, I’m still in a non-ordinary state and I figured…

6 min readMay 16, 2023

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High on COVID: On finding meaning while painfully tripping

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Hotdogs are not sandwiches, but one day, they could be sandwiches

Through a series of tragic accidents, philosophy sometimes oozes its way into our conversations in the stupidest of guises. “Is a *hotdog a…

7 min readJul 22, 2022

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Hotdogs are not sandwiches, but one day, they could be sandwiches

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Mindfulness Machines: what I’m doing during this whole here PhD business

I recently swapped advisors because the other one was hellbent on making me produce science, when all I wanted to do was change the world…

17 min readJan 6, 2022

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Mindfulness Machines: what I’m doing during this whole here PhD business

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Memoirs of a Great Show — Birthday Speech

Speech, speech, speech

5 min readMay 26, 2020

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Memoirs of a Great Show — Birthday Speech

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Doomsday Dress Rehearsal: Coronavirus Special

I wanted to take a second to look on the bright side of the pandemic. This won’t age well. As of my writing this, COVID19 — which we’ve…

8 min readMar 12, 2020

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Doomsday Dress Rehearsal: Coronavirus Special

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Go Home — Lee Se-dol Quits Go, does not collect $100

Light, fluffy piece today. If you remember a bucket of months back, Lee Se-dol (LSD), Go grandmaster, has fought DeepMind’s Go-playing…

6 min readNov 28, 2019

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Go Home — Lee Se-dol Quits Go, does not collect $100

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The Case for the Cardinal Voter

The following is not evidence that philosophical zombies are real — just evidence that I can turn myself into one in order to turn…

12 min readNov 27, 2019

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The Case for the Cardinal Voter

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Pain is in the mind — Interoceptive Predictions and Painful Experience

The following is not evidence that philosophical zombies are real — just evidence that I can turn myself into one in order to turn…

13 min readNov 27, 2019

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Pain is in the mind — Interoceptive Predictions and Painful Experience

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Joshua Clingo

Joshua Clingo

Hello, this is me. So who is me? Me is a Cognitive Scientist who happens to like writing. I study meaning in life, happiness, and so on and so forth, forever.

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