I told someone I knew a volcano would erupt before it happened. They said, "Prove it." Fair enough. But here's the more interesting question: does the burden of proof only run one way? #burdenofproof #philosophy #anomalousexperience

Every time a company fires someone for a 'bad decision', it is performing a philosophical act. And it is getting the philosophy wrong. That seems worth talking about. #PhilosophyOfMind #Leadership #Consciousness #Accountability

Three hundred years of rationalism. Better spreadsheets. Same catastrophic decisions. We have reason in abundance. What we keep running out of is wisdom. #philosophy #criticalthinking #wisdom #leadership

Philosophy has always known that the best way to reveal a truth is to make it ridiculous. Socrates did it. The Pythons did it better, and with considerably more budget for silly walks. The full piece is on my blog. I hope it makes you think. I am fairly confident it will also make you hum. #think

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I was an excellent student. I was also, for a very long time, an absolutely terrible thinker. The school system today was modelled on the factory. The design brief wasn't 'produce philosophers'. It was 'produce workers who don't ask awkward questions about who owns the factory'. #philosophy #school

Oxford vs Cambridge. The question: do we get wiser as we get older? Philosophy Row: Strange Wisdom - 30 May 2026, Oxford Quaker Meeting House. Debate, games, and a presentation by Dr Stephen Law. Members only - but the door is open. oxfordphilsoc.org/Joining.html

Nietzsche invented the Eternal Recurrence. Bill Murray demonstrated it. One of them went mad in Turin. The other got a Golden Globe. New post on what Groundhog Day gets right about the hardest idea in philosophy, and what it means for the day you're currently living. #Philosophy #Nietzsche

Most people believe their opinions are their own. They're not. Not entirely. When you open a social media platform, you're seeing a carefully assembled version of the world built by an algorithm whose sole purpose is to keep you engaged. That's parasitic. #AlgorithmicAwareness #MagicInHarmony

When did you last genuinely change your mind about something that mattered? When did you last follow a voice that unsettled you, rather than one that soothed you? When did you last choose friction over comfort? The echo chamber is comfortable. That is precisely the problem. #EchoChamber #Philosophy

I want to start with an admission. I do not know what happens after we die. I don't know whether the political positions I lean towards are correct, or whether I hold them because they reflect my temperament and the company I've kept. I almost never say this online. And I suspect you don't either.

What if everyone online behaved exactly like you? Not some idealised version of you. You - right now, scrolling, reacting, sharing, commenting. It's a simple test. And it's quietly devastating when you apply it honestly to how we actually behave online. #Philosophy #Kant #Philosophy #MagicInHarmony

So here's the question nobody in mainstream academia wants to sit with: What if precognition isn't a violation of physics but a consequence of it? #PhilosophyOfMind

The universe doesn't whisper. Sometimes it screams. 🔥 Carl Jung had a name for this: synchronicity: meaningful coincidences with no causal connection, yet impossible to simply dismiss. Maybe the universe is more responsive to consciousness than we dare to believe. #Synchronicity #CarlJung

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The trolley problem isn't hypothetical anymore. It never was. We ARE the people standing at the lever. And most of us are frozen. The uncomfortable truth no one wants to say out loud? There are no villains here. Just people on different sets of tracks, watching different trolleys. #philosophy

Academics are arguing that consciousness isn't something brains produce; it's something the universe is made of. Meanwhile, shamanic traditions have quietly held this view for millennia: rivers are alive. Mountains think. Stones remember. Same thing? #Consciousness #Philosophy

You don't heal by avoiding your pain. You heal by going directly into it. The rage. The shame. The grief. The parts of yourself you've tried to annihilate. They don't disappear when you ignore them. They wait.

Hot take: Our political systems don't just fail to select for wisdom. They're specifically designed to weed it out. We ask candidates about policy. About electability. About debate performance. We almost never ask: 'Is this person actually good?' #PoliticalPhilosophy #Ethics

I walk in the early morning light most days. Something that tightened overnight - some small knot of worry or the residue of too many screens - simply releases. I don't set an intention. I just walk. And the land does the rest. #naturehealing

I have a confession to make. Sometimes, in the middle of a Very Serious Philosophical Discussion - the kind involving words like 'ontological' and 'intersubjective' and furrowed brows - I have to suppress the urge to laugh. Not because ideas don't matter; they do. The philosophy of play! #Philosophy

In my latest blog post, I explore the surprising overlap between shamanic wisdom and existentialist philosophy and what it looks like to build a deeply meaningful life without needing the universe to have a plan for you. #Existentialism #Meaning #Philosophy

You can't self-care your way into a meaningful life. In my latest blog post, I explore a difficult truth: therapy is designed to help you function better within your life. It's not designed to tell you that the life you're functioning within might be the problem. #MentalHealth #MagicInHarmony

Niels Bohr faced a problem: Light behaves like a wave in some experiments and like a particle in others. His answer, complementarity, was radical: Light is both. These aren't contradictory descriptions. They're complementary. Both necessary, both valid, depending on context. #Philosophy

What if the brain doesn't produce consciousness? What if it's more like a radio - receiving and transmitting rather than generating? We need to investigate alternatives to the assumption that brains produce consciousness because this is an assumption, not an established fact. #Consciousness

Is rationalism enough to live a truly flourishing life? My answer is no. And I say that as someone whose daily work depends entirely on rigorous empirical thinking. Rationalism is essential. It's just not sufficient. This isn't anti-science. It's an invitation to wholeness.

The 'hard problem of consciousness' looks different when you've actually explored consciousness from multiple angles. Studying consciousness using only one mode of consciousness (ordinary awareness) is like trying to understand water by only examining ice. #Consciousness #PhilosophyOfMind

In 2026, we have more access to information than any generation in history. And yet, we seem to be thinking less clearly than ever. The problem was never the facts. It was always the frameworks through which we receive them. Link in bio. ✦ #Philosophy #CriticalThinking #PhilosophyOfMind

I've known when volcanoes would erupt before they happened. I'm also a Cambridge researcher studying plasma physics. This creates a problem neither science nor spirituality wants to address. #quantumandspirit #innerwisdom #mindfulscience #MagicInHarmony #embraceyournature

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When reason reaches its edge, something else speaks. I spend days writing papers at Cambridge and evenings holding shamanic ceremonies. Both ways of knowing are real, and both are limited. Have you ever felt something shift inside that words simply failed to catch? #ScienceAndSpirit #MagicInHarmony

🌿🔭 I carry two business cards - one for plasma physics at Cambridge, one for my work as a shamanic practitioner. Sounds like a contradiction? It isn’t. Both are rigorous ways of seeking truth. #QuantumAndSpirit #MagicInHarmony #Consciousness #AncientWisdom #ScienceAndSpirit

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The same scientists who marvel at quantum weirdness dismiss spiritual experience as 'obviously not real'. Good science asks questions. It tests. It stays humble. If you’re a scientist, try this: study first, then conclude. Hold your assumptions lightly. #magicinharmony #goodscience

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Questions are quiet teachers. Curiosity is a form of courage. Learning begins when we let these six pull up a chair. #RudyardKipling #Philosophy #Curiosity #LearningNeverStops #WordsToLiveBy #ThinkDeeper 📖🖋️

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