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…9 min read·Aug 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…10 min read·Sep 22, 2021--1--1
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…18 min read·Jun 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…6 min read·Mar 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…11 min read·Feb 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…18 min read·Sep 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…19 min read·Apr 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…14 min read·Sep 12, 2019----
Maarten Mortier37The mechanism doesn’t make a sound, its complex matrix of gears smoothly readjusting their own constellation, an impossibly fantastic…25 min read·Aug 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…12 min read·Jul 2, 2019--1--1