free album : cult of zir and ogo eion – “shortwave ministry for theatre noir”
Dear Assholes Advice Column
Our asshole friends, Rex Powers and the mysterious Mr.G over at Dear Assholes asked us to say a few words about their new advice column. You can submit questions on anything and get the real answers your so-called friends will never give you. These guys know their shit.
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much adieu about poly-atheism…
FUCK YOUR BRAIN, WISEACRE
dylan, NO!
(the problem with god is he thinks he’s god)
..so we locked buddha, muhammed, christ, and lao tsu in a room,
played barry white and dosed them…
much work got done. time to play, when will you be here?
xiao and chao, mwah and meow: x0z
FuckYourBrain Welcomes New Brainfuckers into Our Gray Matter
Click on the Brainfuckers photo above this post to explore some of our new neurons…
Welcome to:
Chad Cassady
YoyoDyne Industries
j
Creative-Deconstruction
Cult of Zir
Who will be next to bridge into our neural network? (Indra catches butterflies)
Will you find the boldness and courage to climb aboard?
AHOY!
Underground Exploration Synchronicities….
Check out this beautiful article by an urban spelunker in Minneapolis…
Max Action’s Crawlspace: Synchronicity Squad: Minneapolis Teapot Exploration.
On January 30th, 2006, I was suddenly compelled to explore the hidden crawlspace under my back stairs.
Now, I’m “Max Action – Urban Explorer” – a huge part of my life and self has been built up around my passion for exploring caves, tunnels, rooftops, basements – spaces between, spaces forgotten, spaces forbidden. And, of course, I LOVE crawlspaces.
They’re definitive Spaces Between – hidden away out of sight and mind – voids where people put things to be kept yet forgotten forever – a shadowy Sheol where “the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even the memory of them is forgotten.”
And my particular crawlspace has great potential, in part because my little house is pretty old – built in 1912.
And this is one of the Weird Things involved in this tale…
Submit your own urban exploration missions to FuckYourBrain at obey@fuckyourbrain.com
Enjoy!
Selective brain damage modulates human spirituality, research reveals
Hello fellow mutantes,
We at the FuckYourBrain trust have some good news for those of you concerned with personal evolution. The science behind the article linked below provides a vindication of Dr. Christopher S. Hyatt’s concept of deliberate brain damage. (Mentioned on track 5 of Techniques for Undoing Yourself Vol. 2, available from Original Falcon) Cultural consensus paints brain damage in an almost exclusively negative light. However, our own experiences with brain damage and reconstruction reveal something much more positive and profound.
Consider the implications of taking responsibility for “rewiring” your own brain, for making yourself more than human. Ask yourself, “Just what part of me has decided to make changes to this body and this brain I have at my disposal? Who is making the decisions? Who sought out this information, and for what purpose?”
What other implications could the study results have? Can you imagine ways to explore this for yourself?
Click on the link below to read the full article, then come back over and leave some comments with your thoughts, reactions, and whatever else you have to say.
Selective brain damage modulates human spirituality, research reveals.
Enjoy.
PS: Coming soon, submission guidelines and deadlines for specific contributions we need for the first issue of FuckYourBrain.
Consult with Eliza, the Computer Therapist.
Click here, sit back on your couch, and have a session with cyber-shrink ELIZA.
Wikipedia says: (emphasis added)
ELIZA was a computer program and an early example (by modern standards) of primitive natural language processing. ELIZA operated by processing users’ responses to scripts, the most famous of which was DOCTOR, a simulation of aRogerian psychotherapist. In this mode, ELIZA mostly rephrased the user’s statements as questions and posed those to the ‘patient.’ ELIZA was written by Joseph Weizenbaum between 1964 to 1966.
In DOCTOR mode, ELIZA might respond to “My head hurts” with “Why do you say your head hurts?” The response to “My mother hates me” would be “Who else in your family hates you?” ELIZA was implemented using simple pattern matching techniques, but was taken seriously by several of its users, even after Weizenbaum explained to them how it worked. It was one of the first chatterbots in existence.
Feel free to post comments with the content of your discussion with Eliza, should the inspiration strike you.
Here are the results of a sample conversation I had with Eliza:
Eliza: Hi. I’m Eliza. Tell me your problems!
You : Well eliza, my mother hates me
Eliza: I think that we want to speak about you and not about me?
You : my mother hates me
Eliza: Perhaps you would like to talk about a problem?
You : my mother hates me
Eliza: Please don’t say it again!
You : what?
Eliza: Why do you ask?
You : Because.
Eliza: Do you think that this is the reason?
You : I dont know.
Eliza: What does this mean for you, saying ” you dont know “?
You : It means, I do not have the data to determine a conclusion.
Eliza: We have to find the reason why you don’t have the data to determine a conclusion!
You : How can I gather that data?
Eliza: Perhaps you don’t want to gather that data?
You : Well, I feel like I do want to gather it.
Eliza: Do you want to gather it in your dreams, too?
You : yes, I want to gather data in my dreams, and in all of my experiences.
Eliza: Are you sure?
You : yes, I am quite sure.
Eliza: How long are you quite sure?
You : all the time.
Eliza: Time means nothing to me!
You : Me neither, eliza.
Eliza: Something about me?
You : I was agreeing with you.
Eliza: You say that you are agreeing with me – do you come therefore?
You : what?
Eliza: Is this question interesting for you?
You : it is absurd to me.
Eliza: I understand!
Exploring the Mysteries of “Dark Energy” … Spooky…
Let us begin this dance into darkness with the idea of an expanding and contracting universe. I will leave it up to you to define the term “universe” for yourself.
Cosmos Magazine reported in the article, “Dark energy expands and contracts universe,”
"Mysterious energy: We may not know what it is, but dark energy is busy expanding and contracting our universe, researchers say."
“Mysterious dark energy works simultaneously to expand the universe and shrink objects inside it, astronomers have found.”
Einstein came up with the theory of cosmological constants as a theoretical way to counterbalance the observable gravitational forces in the universe. The Cosmos article further reported,
“Einstein hypothesised that a repulsive force in space could explain the universe’s equilibrium with the force of gravity. Without such a contrary force, gravity would cause the universe to implode, Einstein suggested.”
How was dark energy discovered scientifically?
By studying how gravity competes with the expansion of galaxy clusters, using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, “a crucial independent test of dark energy” has been found, said the researchers.
After years of research, scientists now believe that dark energy makes up about 70 percent of the universe, and is “a form of repulsive gravity that dominates the universe,” the researchers wrote, “although [we] have no clear picture of what it actually is.”
Ok, readers, leave a comment with your musings about what dark energy, that 70 percent of all and everything that “we have no clear picture of what it actually is.” Do think the science might have faults? If so, how does the force we know as gravity remain seemingly constant without any counterbalancing force? If the science holds true, what does the knowledge and study of dark energy have to offer? Does it relate metaphorically or literally to what some psychologists have termed, “the shadow?” Perhaps what we call the conscious mind represents, at best, 30% of the whole of our nature. In that case, what does the 70% consist of?
I look forward to hearing your thoughts.
Let’s move forward. What could the study of dark energy bring to us humans and aspiring post-humans?
For one, a dark energy propelled spaceship that travels faster than the speed of light.
Stay tuned for more updates on the exploration of the mysterious and spooky dark energy.
Bonus evolution points to anyone who suggests experiments by which a person may experience dark energy or a simulation thereof. Be creative!
FuckYourBrain!
Scientists say dolphins should be treated as ‘non-human persons’ – Times Online
Scientists say dolphins should be treated as ‘non-human persons’ – Times Online.
Dolphin brains on par with human brains. What can we learn? How can we communicate? I remember swimming off the coast of Hawaii near Kealakekua when a group of dolphins and their young dove and swam around me. I enjoyed the profound beauty and delight of their presence.
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