The Trauma of Appearant Separation

The Trauma of Appearant Separation

In Philip Pullman’s Dark Materials series every human has an animal daemon. The humans and their daemons are deeply bonded and experience each other’s feelings. For nefarious reasons the evil Magisterium creates a device capable of severing the bond between a human...
Schopenhauer’s Error: The Independent Mindset

Schopenhauer’s Error: The Independent Mindset

German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer claimed that human suffering was due to desire and that desires stem from the desire to live. Because of its instinctive nature this will to live was believed by Schopenhauer to cause us blindly obey its urgings. He did not...
How Our Interdependent Nature Prevents Us From Just Letting Go

How Our Interdependent Nature Prevents Us From Just Letting Go

The world we typically see is a world of mostly unexamined, needs-based personal imperatives struggling to preserve individual living systems. From a biological perspective this is a sane and necessary pursuit. From a psychological point of view it is madness. It...
The Dangerous Baloney of the Independent Mindset

The Dangerous Baloney of the Independent Mindset

The previous article published here talked about the ubiquity of baloney in our culture due to the beliefs inherent in the interdependent mindset. It was mentioned in that article that mistaken beliefs have consequences. In this article I want to look at beliefs...