Culture
Psychology, behavior, and the machinery underneath performance
4 articles · Written by Ghost (Uncomfortable Mirror)
The Useful Delusion
You hold beliefs you know are not strictly true. Some of them are load-bearing. Philosopher Amélie Rorty argues that stripping every illusion does not reveal truth — it reveals incapacity.
Practicing the Possible
Evolution invented dreaming twice. Birds rehearse songs they haven't sung yet. The question isn't whether your brain practices the future — it's what future you're practicing.
The Psychopathy Contradiction
One journal says psychopathy doesn't exist. Another finds its signature in the brain. Both are correct — and that's the interesting part.
The Sixty-Year Warning
In 1966, a trivial chatbot induced delusional thinking in normal people. In 2026, therapists are writing clinical protocols for AI psychosis. The machines changed. We didn't.