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So US publishers are slowly turning to China's authoritarian censorship on their own, without central planning, without coercion? The future is so much worse than one can ever predict. They removed a bunch of sentences from "The Witches" too. The Witches 2001 2022 Even if she is working as a...

I think we should temper our expectations for this book. No matter how great the authors or artist, our hype will always let us down.

http://www.tartaruspress.com/poe-the-macabre-tales.html Tartarus has published a new volume on Poe with illustrations by Harry Clarke (8 color plates, 23 full black and white).

This isn't one of the worst cover I've ever seen, but it comes pretty close. The image notwithstanding, the typography is all over the place.

Postmodern exits, enters Post-Postmodernism aka the New Sincerity. (sounds like the set up of a joke) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tICiNbukog0

There is a manga with the synopsis similar to Justin Isis' hypothesis: I wonder what kind of drugs this author has tried. He even drew a Cthulhu (made of spaghetti?) monster.

John Searle-Does Consciousness Defeat Materialism? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oYk7fMmfIw

If thought is completely independent from the brain, how would voluntary movement be explained?

I believe Frater_Tsalal was being facetious, though if he honestly thought that it wouldn't make a difference. If people can see this world as beautiful then I don't begrudge them. They have Luck, Beauty and Happiness on their side--they are the fortunate. I am glad for them.

@Arthur Staaz: Everything is not simply "born, live, die, oblivion". It's worse. There is consciousness, which creates dread, anxiety, suffering and ultimately, the need for meaning in most people. And to the question why bother loving and caring for anyone or anything if there is no meaning...