Archive - The Eclipse

The Power of Symbols: Taboos Demanding Lack

In cultures ancient and modern, symbols and words that are ‘taboo’ are censored or cut down in some way. Monday and Sunday discuss this phenomena.

Jul 25, 2023

Reading Books vs. Watching Movies: Perception of Intelligence

Should an avid reader be considered more intelligent than a movie buff? Monday and Sunday share their takes on the perceptions of both mediums.

Jul 14, 2023

Augmented & Virtual Reality: The Beginning or the End?

Monday and Sunday share their takes of the future with AR and VR technology—the Metaverse, Apple Vision Pro, and so on.

Jul 7, 2023

June 2023

Science vs. Supernatural Systems of Explaining the Universe: Sunday’s Take

Science and the supernatural may seem completely different from each other, but they are both ways of perceiving and explaining the world. Sunday shares…

Jun 30, 2023

Religion: Formed by Both Belief and Skepticism

Sunday read a post by Zohar Atkins at What is Called Thinking and found it interesting enough to share with Monday. Much was discussed, but for this…

Jun 16, 2023

May 2023

The Ethics of CGI De-aging and Resurrection in Film/TV

The power to bring back the dead exists through CGI’ing characters whose actors who have passed away. The power to reverse aging exists through the same…

May 28, 2023

Naturalism and the Goal of Humanity

Monday and Sunday discuss Naturalism, the goal of Humanity, and "well-being" of Humanity.

May 19, 2023

April 2023

Daoism with ChatGPT: An Attempt

Monday and I tried to respond to ChatGPT’s Daoism summary, but found it hard to work with. We found something better to discuss, but, in the meantime…

Apr 26, 2023

Analyzing Andre Breton’s Surrealist Philosophy with ChatGPT

ChatGPT generated a short summary of Andre Breton’s surrealist philosophy. Below is the organized, coherent statements that Monday and Sunday will…

Apr 7, 2023

March 2023

Religious Inertia: The Self-Perpetuating Tribe

We discussed why religions are appealing for the individual, and now we discuss why religions are appealing for groups—and why they seek to spread.

Mar 20, 2023

February 2023

Why are religions appealing for the individual?

Monday and I were discussing religion’s appeal and we realized that a specific person may be interested in a religion for different reasons than a…

Feb 14, 2023

ChatGPT: The Future or More of the Same?

ChatGPT and other AI tools to generate content have been in the news lately. Is it the future of content generation or just another tool controlled by…

Feb 3, 2023

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