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William S. Burroughs on Scientists and Machine consciousness
Found : William S. Burroughs on Scientists and Machine consciousness All political organizations tend to function like a machine, to eliminate the unpredictable factor of AFFECT—emotion. Any machine tends to absorb, eliminate, Affect. Yet the only person who can make … Continue reading
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William Burroughs, parasitism, language and the virus
Found : William Burroughs, parasitism, language and the virus "Which came first, the intestine or the tapeworm?" In this epigram, Burroughs suggests that parasitism–corruption, plagiarism, surplus appropriation–is in fact conterminous with life itself. The tapeworm doesn't simply happen to attach … Continue reading
Talking Monkeys
“Other intelligent monkeys have walked this planet. We exterminated them and so now we are unique, but what is loose on this planet is language, self-replicating information systems that reflect functions of DNA: learning, coding, templating, recording, testing, retesting, recodong … Continue reading
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