Ray Scott Percival
@Ray_S_Percival
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Author of The Myth of the Closed Mind. Steven Pinker: Critical Responses. Autumn Canal Trip: A Symphonic Poem. Philosopher of Mind and Science.
Local System of Galaxies
Joined December 2013
RT @ConjectureInst: Well-deserved praise for Conjecture Institute Fellow Paul Raymond-Robichaud!. We're honored to support his work in quan….
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RT @ConjectureInst: "We have evolved a brain that, effectively, is a conjecture and refutation machine.".~Conjecture Institute Fellow @Ray_….
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Pressure doesn’t guarantee growth. Learning comes through trial and error. I explore this in Why Confusion is the Cost of Transformation. Today’s info-rich world gives us a chance to revive Enlightenment values—if we see confusion not as failure, but as a sign we’re learning.
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Daffodils Don't Forget. War is the gravest error humanity can commit. This work is my anti-war poem embedded within a multimedia production, where a Zeus-like figure recites the verse, accompanied by my original music and footage. A call for peace, reason, and cooperation.
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RT @ConjectureInst: "Emotions are not in conflict with our intellect, but serve it strategically and are triggered and controlled by our th….
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Participants are (left) Dr. William Roger Townshend, an author known for his work on counterfactual history, particularly the book Axis Power: Could Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan Have WW II?, (right) Edward Crumblehulme, a poet and narrator, and Ray Scott Percival.
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A Reaction to David Deutsch's The Beginning of Infinity:.Knobbly-Kneed Intellectuals Meet Infinity. Part 1. (Featuring the humble knees of the honourable Roger Townshend and Edward Crumblehulme. For the discerning viewer, look out for uninvited guests at roughly 20 mins in.)
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Happy and honoured to be a newly inducted Fellow of the @ConjectureInst .@ChipkinLogan .@astupple .@PaulRRobichaud .@tomhyde_ .@ToKTeacher .@DKedmey .@arjunkhemani .@Sam_kuyp .@maria__violaris .@dela3499
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My creative process: generate raw visual material via AI - which the film industry calls "rushes". Edit to match my story arc and match precisely my musical score. This product integrates synthetic footage, my original music and my fairytale in a cohesive audiovisual experience.
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Once upon a bubble of time, beneath the branches of an old oak tree, lived a duckling called Mr Humble Tumble. Mr Tumble made folks laugh by performing perfect somersaults for bread crumbs. But Mr Tumble had dreams far grander than making people laugh. Oh yes, indeed!.
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The Premiere of.Bassoon Boy. Introduced by the ghost of Walter Elias Disney. (1901 – 1966).
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The Hype Cycle. A new book. The media and the politicians are always screaming at us about horrifying, end-of-the-world threats, and also about miraculous new technologies that will save us and transform our lives. These are the two main types of Hype—Fear Hype and Hope Hype.
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The Politician as Entertainer. Blue Beard pulls back the velvet curtain on the grandest stage of all—politics. And exposes our elected jesters for what they truly are: masters of distraction, and headline-hungry performers. 🎬 Now playing: The Politician as Entertainer
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They Hype You Up; They Hype You Down. Then, at last, you'll be their clown. A new book, The Hype Cycle: Uppers and Downers in our Bipolar Culture, by Arnold Schelsky. Filled with bold insights, and yes, sometimes infuriating. It may bring you solace in these tempestuous seas.
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To One Who Has Been Long in City Pent,.by John Keats. Read by Ray Scott Percival.
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Crippling arguments against AGI, for the studious acolytes of the brilliant David Deutsch and other keen thinkers. My poetic review of Jobst Langrebe's and Barry Smith's new book: Why Machines Will Never Rule the World: Artificial Intelligence without Fear. A landmark book!
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Supernaturalism under the gaze of critical rationalism. Zeus expounds. : -)
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Trump's Master Stroke on Tariffs. Trump as an acolyte of Cordell Hull and Franklin D. Roosevelt?
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