The story concerns a book which kills people. The reader becomes cautious, as the book they're reading is the book they're reading *about*.
This’ll Kill Ya
Robert Morning Sky
RAW’s references to Robert Morning Sky always intrigued me, as if he had some special significance for Wilson – above others claiming extraterrestrial visits.
“Consciousness” science?
I once observed RAW discussing “out-of-body experiences” with a young man who argued they provided evidence of brain-independent consciousness.
Dissociation of ideas
RAW practised - and recommended - a sort of semantic strategy called "dissociation of ideas" (coined by French writer, Remy de Gourmont)...
Borders & spatial relations
The spatial concept of physical division tends to serve as the prototype for our idea of difference, generally - including ideological difference...
Inherent “physicality”
We're so accustomed to thinking in spatial, physicalist terms, that it imbues our whole experience with notions of separation and also difference...
Neurosemantic constructs
Hypnotised by a kind of conventional "representationalism", we forget we're experiencing constructs, not representations...
Hyperobject / S.M.I².L.E.
The clue to these quotes in Neuropolitique is in the reference to Leary's "6th Circuit" (which I think of as metahuman, & also as hyperobject)...
Wilson becomes a Liberal
Cosmic Trigger volume 2 is rich in historical and biographical detail - one good example being the chapter titled "Wilson Becomes a Liberal"...
Pyrrhonism
Pyrrhonism was a philosophy of living without beliefs - said to lead to tranquility of mind. We see similarities to RAW's credo...
RAW semantics 