PinnedJeff ShampnoisinNegative GeographyA New World Is Only a New MindI’m picturing a mostly unconscious human being — a mind occupied all day by video games, food, sex, drink, and sleep. Or I could picture a…11 min read·Mar 18, 2022--1--1
PinnedJeff ShampnoisinNegative GeographyTruth and DistortionIt’s impossible to comprehend anything without some distortion of actuality. Because in order to understand anything, I have to ignore and…5 min read·Mar 17, 2022--1--1
PinnedJeff ShampnoisinNegative GeographyCoils and SpiralsThis is a surreal comedy with a tinge of terror. It was based on a dream, and seems to have something to do with the state of the world…15 min read·Feb 23, 2022----
PinnedJeff ShampnoisinNegative GeographyThe Stupidity of Greatness and the Absurdity of ConflictIntro17 min read·Jan 24, 2022----
Jeff ShampnoisWhy “Everything Is Fiction” is Both True and FalseI can imagine that many of the claims I tend to make would annoy historians, among others.5 min read·Apr 29, 2024----
Jeff ShampnoisThe Rebellion Starts HereTime to summarize where the series on freedom has gone up till now.4 min read·Mar 6, 2024----
Jeff ShampnoisToxoplasma Mindii: Ideas As Zombie ParasitesThought tends to run us (ala David Bohm), but it’s such a convincing hallucination that we’re the ones choosing what we think. But usually…4 min read·Feb 23, 2024----
Jeff ShampnoisLucid WakingPeople talk about lucid dreaming. Just once I’d like to be lucid when I’m awake.5 min read·Feb 11, 2024----
Jeff ShampnoisFreedom As an Absence of Free Will and Free ChoiceLast night I dreamt I was a Germanic medicine man, warrior kicking Roman ass in the Teutoburger Wald (my tribe’s version of the Little…7 min read·Feb 9, 2024----
Jeff ShampnoisAn Introduction to the Ringmaster (Part I of Something Developing): Why “I Am Not I” and Why this…I can’t remain too long in any consistent first person, otherwise you’ll end up believing that I’m really me, and then I’ll be pinned…3 min read·Feb 8, 2024----