analects noun, pl

/ˈan.ə.lɛkts/

a collection of ideas, extracts, or teachings.

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analects under the categories btrmt. believes in, as set out in the manifesto

analects organised according to the fundamental questions of philosophy

sequences of articles gathered around a more focused idea

  • there are no levels 1 May 2026 [article] Ideas that stick are shaped to be interesting, not true. Some of these are weaponised; snuck by our faculties of reason. AI uses them in spa...
  • useful men 4 Apr 2026 [article] It’s true that the ‘pathways’ to manhood are closing. I don’t think it’s a crisis of masculinity though. It’s a crisis of no more excuses fo...
  • values don't matter 21 Feb 2026 [article] Values often function as virtue ethics—traits we’re expected to cultivate. But virtues are context-dependent: courage for a soldier isn’t co...
  • the neuroscience con 6 Jun 2025 [article] The neuroscience confidence game trades content for cosmetic filler, making vacuous advice look smart.
  • positive intelligence pt.iii 30 May 2025 [article] This might be the most comprehensive example of the neuroscience confidence game I’ve ever written about. That and a heavy dose of self-indu...
  • positive intelligence pt.ii 23 May 2025 [article] Chamine’s ‘Positivity Quotient’ is based on nothing beyond ‘being happier is better than being sad’, and unless they appeal to you, there’s...
  • positive intelligence pt.i 16 May 2025 [article] It says it’s based on the latest research, but actually it’s based on a 40 year old version of the concept of an ‘inner critic’, and a pack...
  • uncertainty vs risk 9 May 2025 [article] Our brains track two kinds of uncertainty. Expected uncertainty makes us trust our model of the world more and exploit familiar patterns (be...
  • preferring coherence 2 May 2025 [article] Cogntive dissonance often describes a bias towards seeing ourselves as coherent. Sure, it’s sneaky and prevalent, but entirely necessary. An...
  • cognitive dissonance isn't discomfort 25 Apr 2025 [article] Cognitive dissonance is often thought of as the discomfort we have with conflicting cognitions. But it’s really about how the brain will smo...
  • evolution is overrated 18 Apr 2025 [article] Without time-travel, evolutionary narratives can only identify theories that don’t make sense (like death drives). It can’t tell you what th...
  • sacrificing the self 4 Apr 2025 [article] When we want to identify with a group, we bias ourselves to filter out all theother ways we could be. It helps us cut down all our competing...
  • stress and creativity 28 Mar 2025 [article] Stress promotes bias—stereotypical thinking and behaving. Less stress promotes cognitive flexibility—an openness to new ways of thinking and...
  • bias vs noise pt. i: bias vs bias 21 Mar 2025 [article] The behavioural economists treat bias as an error. But the brain isn’t an economist. It’s more like a statistician, using bias as a trade-of...
  • everyone's suggestible 10 Jan 2025 [article] Everyone is suggestible, not just children or the easily hypnotised; our memories and behaviours are heavily influenced by external suggesti...
  • catastrophic leadership is actually really hard 13 Dec 2024 [article] For group dynamics to produce really bad behaviour, you really need to work at it. You have to train your authority figures to be cruel, pre...
  • giving in to fight or flight 22 Nov 2024 [article] Stress is a good thing before it’s a bad thing. It motivates us to act. We are scared of the f’s, but we don’t need to be. We should fight f...
  • neurotransmitters are a confidence game 11 Oct 2024 [article] Neurotransmitters are psychological snake oil. A confidence game pop-psychologists play with their audience. There is frankly no convincing...
  • there are no levels 4 Oct 2024 [article] The ‘naming’ problem, where by naming something we feel we have explained it, the ‘language’ problem, where the words we use stop others fro...
  • men and women are from earth, fool pt. iii 27 Sep 2024 [article] This book is basically, “men are terribly emotionally fragile, and they can make small steps to be better, but women need to just stop bothe...

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