PinnedChris BashaHonour culture is destroying Albanian families“Lower your voice because the neighbours might hear you.”5 min read·Aug 16, 2020----
Chris BashaAI isn’t ‘really’ intelligent, but neither are humansMisconceptions about consciousness and intelligence are leading us to draw incorrect conclusions about AI and its dangers12 min read·May 4, 2023--1--1
Chris BashaWhy I Am Not a Stoic (And You Shouldn’t Be Either)The Eastern approach is different. It recognises that there’s a non-thought-based way of living.2 min read·Dec 6, 2021--2--2
Chris BashaWhat Comes First, Mind or Brain?Minds depend on brains. That’s a fact. Do brains produce minds? That’s a tricky question.3 min read·Sep 6, 2021----
Chris BashaA Slippery Slope Into SolipsismWhen everything is an abstraction in the mind, where is the real world?3 min read·Aug 30, 2021--1--1
Chris BashaWe Can Never See People for Who They Really AreNo two minds are nurtured the same way, nor do we have reasons to believe the built-in algorithms are always identical.·3 min read·Aug 23, 2021----
Chris BashaFast Entertainment, Stimulation, and Clarity of MindI call this type of entertainment Fast Entertainment because just like fast food, it feels good now but is disastrous later.·3 min read·Aug 16, 2021----
Chris BashaThe Toll Of Letting Social Media Mediate Our RelationshipsIs it worth sacrificing meaningful communication for the sake of ease? Do we really want to let social media mediate our relationships?·3 min read·Aug 9, 2021----
Chris BashaLeaping from consciousness to the nature of realityHinduism asserts that meditative experiences reveal the true fabric of objective reality.·3 min read·Aug 2, 2021----
Chris BashaAre you in a virtual reality?We can never be in touch with objective reality — the reality that is ‘out there’, beyond the mediation of our senses.·3 min read·Jul 26, 2021----