Tertium Quid

ideas about a middle-ground between scientism and theism

Articles and extended notes in various stages of draft:

science Looking at one of modernity's crowning achievements through a different lens.
- scientific method
  More of a branding ploy than a description of how science is done?
- classical worldview
  A 17th century worldview continues to dominate much of science.
- quantum Hall emergence
  Physical science steps firmly out of the age of reductionism (an LLM collaboration)
- does quantum mechanics tell us anything about reality?
  Reality is not what it used to be.
- The Einstein-Bohr Debate
  Is quantum theory incomplete? Einstein thought so.
technology Contrarian perspectives on modernity's other crowing achievement.
- uncivilization
  Our technological civilization is not sustainable.
- fusion illusion
  Tritium-fueled reactors will never deliver power to the grid.
philosophy Nothing for academic philosophers, but perhaps some ideas that others might find interesting .
- metaphysics of science
  Science cannot escape metaphysics.
- a mechanistic, mathematical world
  The idea of a mechanical universe is a relatively recent development.
- Thomas Nagel on reductive materialism
  A brief summary of his argument against reductive materialism
- physicalism
  The belief system of modern science
- models of reality
  It’s not as simple as it seems.
practices It's not what we believe. It's what we do that really matters
- life-organizing principles 1
  Would that more people applied these simple directives.
- full humanness
- Phoenix Affirmations
  Christian in intent but much more broadly relevant
speculations Exploring various ideas about possibilities and future directions.
- test_article
channeled content Messages and insights from non-ordinary states of consciousness.
- the Alexander material
  A ChatGPT compilation