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Outstanding article Peter. Critical thinking is very much needed on this subject applied to what folks are sharing on the x-space, among others. Tried with the $5.00/“thought terminating cliche and false dichotomy post”; and, present company excluded, heard only a “faint” choir of crickets … perhaps that’s a good thing. Escapees from Gate’s food drive.😊🌀

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Substack seems to be the platform for critical thinking… Twitter not so much

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So interesting. Thank you.

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I clicked a link to your book page, which took me to Anna's Archive, then on to Zamzar, and I now have a copy of Slight of Mouth in my Kindle reader. Very cool, thank you Peter for all the work you do.

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Absent from your list of authors on the Duke Report:

Alfred Korzybski - Science and Sanity (odd, because you have Stuart Chase on the list and AK was his primary source and the originator of General Semantics, which includes a precise definition of 'belief systems' as well as the equally important concept of 'time binding.'

Douglas Hofstadter. Gödel, Escher, Bach ; Strange Loops

Foundational material for a comprehensive understanding of the aims and limitations of the artificial intelligence endeavour, starting with an inquiry into what exactly IS intelligence?

Marvin Harris - Cultural Materialism

Challenges the various schools of anthropological theory by positing underlying material causes as the basis for analyzing cultural evolution.

James Grier Miller - Living Systems.

https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2006-23443-012

Karl Popper - The Open Society And Its Enemies (and other works)

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/popper/#PrimLiteWorkPopp

Thomas Kuhn - The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

Basic material for anyone pursuing a career in Science, and a useful reference for separating scientific dogma from actual theory.

Robert Anton Wilson - The Illuminatus! Trilogy

A good example of how even a satirical treatment of conspiracy theories can illicit a cult-like response. A case study of the rule of unintended consequences. Also of value, his lectures, most of which can be found on the net.

Richard Feynman - anything by him. If you want to dig into the underlying nature of reality this is your guy.

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also, I've mentioned on the show, I have over a hundred, books on my backlog, I'll add all these to that list, thank you!

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I have a backlog of over 100 books that I have not had time to put up... I will add it to the list… I'm always looking for volunteers to help though

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"I'm always looking for volunteers to help though"

I thought I was being helpful...lol. What is it you need?

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I curate and research every book on the Duke Report. If you look closely, besides a description and a cover photo, there are links to every place I can find where the book is available, and any videos where people/authors are discussing the book. It takes, on average, 30-60 minutes for each book on the site. There are over 700 at this point. That probably represents 10 weeks at a full time job. If you want to provide a description (I don't just cut and paste Amazon) why someone would benefit from reading the book, links to all available places to get it, and videos for each book, category, tags, that would reduce the time required. I quote Korzybski in the book I'm writing, but I'm not too concerned about missing some scholar who might have said something before. I'm applying my own λόγος. The goal is to help people reframe their own lives. e.g. I consider most of German Idealism is just nonsense.

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*epistemological nonsense

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