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New publication "What Intelligence and Genius Actually Are" in the Taj Mahal Review: An International Literary Journal.

For those interested in the big questions such as what is life, this brief essay gives straight answers on the characteristics of life that AI can never have. For this moment I take off my academic hat and speak from direct experience. What intelligence and genius actually are is completely different from what is usually discussed, but this explanation should make perfect sense. I received personal guidance from Alan Watts, who helped transmit Zen Buddhism to the West without contradicting science. This essay fits in his lineage and is my utmost legacy of intuitive insights.

See "What Intelligence and Genius Actually Are"
* at Knowledge Commons: works.hcommons.org/records/awq
* at ResearchGate:: researchgate.net/publication/3
* for Academia Edu members: academia.edu/127952812

Japanese translation: 「知性と天才の本質」:
researchmap.jp/waoe/published_

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I am now working on implementing #lyrics into the script, or better to say the script can already get the lyrics thanks to the #genius #API library for python: pypi.org/project/lyricsgenius/
But getting lyrics for all songs is quite slow, I realise. Sure that must be done once, but I really have to implement a way of the #database updating, without indexing and regathering everything from 0 up.
That is something for another day, but shouldn't be too hard.

PyPIlyricsgeniusDownload lyrics and metadata from Genius.com
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Kanye West song Power via YouTube full version from the album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010). Song relates to a period where Kanye had recently spectacularly interrupted Taylor Swift and as a result been savagely parodied. The Genius.Com discussion for this song provides a snapshot of this period in pop-culture.

youtu.be/chPDTUjnWgA?si=VjC_E-

@KronoMoonPhotos is updating our #hashtags. Our 2 main #tags are now #KronoMoonWatch & #MoonOverMastodon.
Our mission remains the same, to boost, share & retoot your #photos of the #Moon.

In 2025 we need to be more diligent about retooting & commenting on the copyrighted works of #Mastodon #photogs. It helps us if our #FotoFriends either #follow this acct, or use these tags. In all cases, we will remove any toot asap if requested by the #photog. Out of hundreds of boosts, there has been only one such request. We removed the toot immediately, with no hard feelings. (And that #photog will always be welcome to share their images again with @KronoMoonPhotos).

Here's an #iconic #KronoMoonWatch #photo from #genius Georges Méliès's 1902 film, 'Le Voyage dans La Lune'.

🔗 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Trip_t

A BRILLIANT insight: sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild sees a key ritual that Trump performs over & over, brainwashing MAGA by transforming shame into grievance:

1. Trump says something transgressive: "Immigrants poison our blood," etc., etc.
2. Decent people & media shame him for it.
3. He claims shared victimhood: "Look how they shame me! Have YOU been shamed like that?"
4. He roars back: "How dare they shame US! I am your retribution!"

msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/dec

MSNBC · Decoding Trump’s ‘anti-shame’ ritual: New book explores the ‘politicized emotions’ of MAGABy MSNBC