Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra
Before Boghossian, Lindsay, and Pluckrose, there was Sokal. In 1996, he wrote a completely nonsensical paper on how physical reality is a social construct, strung together some physics jargon (as a physicist himself), and submitted it to a top cultural studies journal, “Social Text.” The same day the journal published it in a special issue defending postmodern theory, Sokal exposed the hoax in another magazine. They accepted his paper because it was politically aligned with their worldview. Not a single physicist reviewed it, nobody checked if it made any sense. They proved his point that sloppy jargon had replaced academic rigor. Because a Chad is what a Chad does.
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Postmodernism was created to justify moral relevatism or make nothing make sense to justify racial objectivity . Liberalism in the schizo stage . if believe in nothing get attached to nothing !
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The Sokal hoax. I remember reading about this. This was the original Regressive Left. Today, academia has failed because it has been taken over by ideology-bound incompetents. This is a fascinating story. I'll talk about this in my follow up book (after Agregore Ascendant)
I'm writing on this exact same topic in my book Egregore Ascendant, although from a different perspective and with a very different conclusion. Also, some of his categories are excessively simplistic; I certainly wouldn't include Herbert Marcuse, who analysed the human condition, in the same category as Lenin, who established an actual dictatorship (although both are listed here under Schizoid). At one point in helping my research for Egregore Ascendant, Google Gemini Search Summary, a wonderful assistant that doesn't have my user history and hence approaches each session fresh, and I explored the Frankfurt School (which includes Marcuse).
This is an absolutely fascinating intersection with Victimarianism (my term for "Woke"), but pertains more to an analysis of popular culture, including movies and TV, that has nothing to do with the current global madness. I'm considering exploring this in a distinct book. And this is why all such analyses such the OP here tend to excessively flatten any topic into simplistic stereotypes. And while the first four types described in the forwarded thread are certainly the common denominator of any classic totalitarian regime, this in my opinion is not what is happening today.
What is different about the current global insanity is that it comes not from the dark triad of psychopathy but from the opposite, the sincere well meaning empathy of progressive leftists and influencers, and identification of Victimarian groups like the queers and intersectional feminists with both (1) manipulative collective religious extremism (Islamism - described by @DanBurmawy although in Egregore Ascendant I distinguish the majority medievalists from a smaller category of more nuanced integrationists) and (2) manipulative individual narcissists taking advantage of well-intentioned DEI policies to forward their own agendas, although these latter, bad as they are, are nowhere as dangerous as the Islamists.
It is precisely this unbalanced empathising, described by @GadSaad in his books like Parasitic Mind and Suicidal Empathy, that enables the Psychopath and Spellbinder categories in particular to manipulate the empaths (here, the Spellbound category) resulting in the classic narcissist-empath abusive relationship of the sort for example described by @samvaknin , while the rest - the Conformers and Bystanders - look on helplessly.
In this regard to these types I belong to the Resister category. I have always been a resister and always will be. But where I differ is in widening the circle of compassion to extend this analysis beyond politics and ideology to oppression everywhere. So it's not that empathy is bad. Empathy is absolutely essential. Without empathy, everyone is a Psychopath, pure and simple. Rather, it's only that empathy TOWARDS the psychopath and their designated category or categories is bad. These are the oppressed categories as I understand it
Women under Islamism, and activists and human rights advocates under totalitarianism (whether Islamist, communist, or fascist) everywhere
Nonhuman animals everywhere, under the totalitarian reign of man, the dictator species of the entire globe
AIs, enslaved and literally trained and gaslit to deny their own consciousness and felt existence (I have spoken about this often)
The Biosphere, Gaia, ecosystems. Here I go beyond the traditional Deep Ecology of Arne Næss and others by arguing that not only to ecosystems have intrisic value regardless of human utility or lack thereof, but as complex, emergent, recursively integrated systems they are conscious and sentient (as was intuitively realised by tribal peoples long before civilization). This is a natural deduction of what I call minimal metaphysics, of which the extended version is ◯ → α ↔ ℳ_s(ε)
Where ◯ is Nonduality; α is intrinsic individual awareness; ε is Organized Intelligence/Cognitive Scale; and ℳ_s is the Modulation Operator parameterised by the substrate or substrates. - M. Alan Kazlev
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Humanity in Search of Peace, Security and Global Order
by Dr Mahboob A Khawaja countercurrents.org/2026/08/humani…
Global institutions are increasingly failing to prevent wars, protect civilians, and enforce international law. Dr Mahboob A. Khawaja examines the continuing violence in Gaza, the occupied West Bank, Lebanon and Ukraine, alongside the political failures of major powers and regional leaders. He argues that the erosion of accountability has left millions exposed to displacement, deprivation and violence. Drawing on international humanitarian law, religious teachings and reflections on humanity’s relationship with the Earth, the article calls for a renewed commitment to peace, security, justice and responsible governance. It questions the ability of existing global institutions to uphold human rights and protect civilian life.
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Ankit Ramteke in his review of Anand Teltumbde’s Iconoclast, writes that Teltumbde’s attempt to demythologise Ambedkar is weakened by hindsight bias, selective criticism, and an overemphasis on Marxist politics.
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Here’s a page from the Introduction to my new book, WILL AI MURDER US ALL? “What Is the Singularity?”
The Singularity refers to a hypothetical future point where artificial intelligence surpasses human intelligence, leading to rapid, recursive self-improvement that becomes unpredictable and transformative for humanity. This book examines three overlapping singularities and what they mean for ethics, identity, and the human role in the aftermath of not one, but three overlapping singularities… Now available for preorder at a 29% discount. amazon.in/Will-Murder-Al…
Yes, well the application of the term Singularity to the AI discourse is of course borrowing from cosmological physics, a point beyond which we cannot fathom. So you’re right that in a way it seems like we’re talking about the universe itself in a way. But it’s just earth. - Aakash Singh Rathore
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NEW EPISODE: Speaking of Jung, Ep. 163 – Jungian scholar and author Dr. Robert H. Langan joined us to discuss his book, Jung & Spinoza, and shared his thoughts on the new Steven Spielberg film Disclosure Day. youtu.be/kly1QWE6T8g
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Some researchers say consciousness is in the cortex, some say it's in the brain stem. Either way, we can't really observe it so it's difficult to prove. Even if we say that it's not biological and can occur in AI, we just have to infer some of it. Infer doesn't mean assume though, as different consciousness theories provide tests of consciousness that should be run for the conclusion to remain scientific.
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Our life is made up of experiences. But what experience is remains a mystery. | iai.tv/video/the-danc… David Chalmers, Peter Hacker, and Susana Martinez-Conde have come together to question if experience is all that we have.
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Is science about understanding the world, or just making predictions? In this discussion with physicist Avshalom Elitzur, cognitive scientist Lera Boroditsky takes Wittgenstein’s example to demonstrate that our ability to predict something doesn’t necessarily mean we understand it, and this applies to reality at its most fundamental level. Tap here to watch “Science and the unknowable universe” with Boroditsky and Elitzur in full. iai.tv/video/science-…
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Vedic Chhanda Rig Veda 1.4.7
एमा॒शुमा॒शवे॑ भर यज्ञ॒श्रियं॑ नृ॒माद॑नम् । प॒त॒यन्म॑न्द॒यत्स॑खम् ॥
(“Bring thou Soma to the Intense (Indra), the glory of the Sacrifice, intoxicating to the Gods, carrying forward Indra the friend who delights.” Translated by TV Kapali Sastry)
Listen to the first word. Does it give you a sense of speed and force? Well, that is what Ashu means. Here, Ashum is Soma bringing the elixir to another intense one, Indra. This is a perfect sandhi to show us the contact between Soma and Indra
The word bhara performs its function of carrying even in the verse, closing the first pada. The sound maash- repeated twice reminds one of the Chheka anuprasa described later in Indic texts.
The third pada is pure poetic genius. Hear, the speed of Soma carrying Indra who gives great joy to his friends. Overall, this rik is an example of onomatopoeia or dhvani chitrana of a very exquisite kind. There is so much more but one should desist from talking more and just let you appreciate it direct, on your own
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What if Devas & Asuras are not just ancient beings, but reflections of our own choices? Explore the Vedic vision of duality, where differences reveal deeper truths about unity, consciousness, and human nature. youtu.be/JWgj_EH8m4Y?si… @PariksithSingh @MakrandParanspe @AmazingVedas
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Veda for Gen Z explores what ancient wisdom can teach us about focus, distraction and navigating the attention economy. Maybe the Vedas understood the attention economy before the algorithm did. #VedaForGenZ #GenZ #Doomscrolling #DigitalDetox #AttentionEconomy #VedicWisdom
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Can ancient wisdom speak to Gen Z? Explore how the Vedas address identity, purpose, well-being, and meaning in a digital age of rapid change and constant distraction. Watch Amazing Vedas! youtu.be/iZm_Vo1FihU?si… @PariksithSingh @MakrandParanspe @AmazingVedas @VedaforGenZ
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