From New Dawn 170 (Sept-Oct 2018) We hear a lot about Artificial Intelligence today. It is a phrase that refers to a kind of intelligence that machines can function with, and over the last few decades this functionality has developed […]
New Science/Consciousness
A Convergence of Science & Real Magic
This article was published in New Dawn Special Issue Vol 12 No 5 (Oct 2018) The word “real” in the title distinguishes the type of magic we’re discussing. This is not about the fictional magic of Harry Potter or the […]
Cosmic Consciousness & Outer Spaces in Popular Culture
This article was published in New Dawn 165 (Nov-Dec 2017) Science fiction is always more important than science.– Timothy Leary The sacred, the sublime, has always walked amongst the profane. The signs are everywhere, blended into the sidewalks, pulp fictions, […]
Mind at the Centre: The Radical Liberation of My Mental World
It is a curious fact that we have successfully used our minds to penetrate profound secrets of the physical universe, but when it comes to grasping the nature of our minds, we are baffled. This is the famous mind-body problem, […]
VALIS “Vast Acting Living Intelligence System”: The Invasion of Philip K. Dick’s Mind
This article was published in New Dawn Special Issue Vol 8 No 4 (August 2014) In an interview with English journalist Charles Platt in 1979, the American science fiction writer Philip K. Dick claimed that in the spring of 1974 […]