Maarten Mortier40I suppose I was one of many kids wondering whether a fly saw the world around it move in slow-motion. When you move to swat it, the fly…Aug 7, 2022Aug 7, 2022
Maarten MortierThe Harmonic Series and your gut feelingThere’s no feeling like being completely misled by your own intuition, and the harmonic series is one of those little things that gets the…Sep 22, 20211Sep 22, 20211
Maarten MortierOn PurposeLook up to the stars. When I was a child I remember thinking the stars might be holes through which you can peer into the real world. In…Jun 18, 2021Jun 18, 2021
Maarten MortierOn DeathThere is no loneliness like the loneliness of the dying. When it happens to us, we are all the same, we are all united, and we are all…Mar 17, 2021Mar 17, 2021
Maarten MortierThe rise of meta sapiensThis is a little challenging to write about. It might end up being either too trivial or too elusive, instead of interesting, and it feels…Feb 19, 2021Feb 19, 2021
Maarten MortierinCuriousThe Immortal SoulFollow me, onto a stream of thought and into the uncanny world of consciousness and quantum immortality. But first, now already, a sudden…Sep 10, 2020Sep 10, 2020
Maarten MortierWhy Things Float UpRecently, my daughter asked me in a bath, “Why does my arm feel like it wants to float up when it’s underneath the water?” The explanation…Apr 15, 2020Apr 15, 2020
Maarten MortierHyper meta recursion and some thoughts on genetic program encodingThis article deals with maths while not containing any advanced maths so it’s definitely safe even with a basic knowledge. It basically…Sep 12, 2019Sep 12, 2019
Maarten Mortier37The mechanism doesn’t make a sound, its complex matrix of gears smoothly readjusting their own constellation, an impossibly fantastic…Aug 6, 2019Aug 6, 2019
Maarten MortierReview: The Cry of LoveWhen Jimi Hendrix died at 27 years of age, he was working on a fourth studio album, of which we can only speculate the contents or even…Jul 2, 20191Jul 2, 20191