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Jeffrey Epstein, wearing a dark suit and seated on a sofa with one arm resting on the top of the sofa, looks directly at the camera in a black and white photo

No, Jeff Epstein Was Not Murdered

Epstein’s dead, but will the conspiracy theory ever follow him to…

Paul Thomas Zenki in Thinkpiece Magazine

The Google search engine suggests that “when did the greeks develop atomich theory” should be changed to “when did the greeks developed atomic theory”

What If “AI” Gets Stupid by Following Us?

If “AI” learns by studying what we do, is it bound to get…

Paul Thomas Zenki in Thinkpiece Magazine

Still image from “A Charlie Brown Christmas” showing “Peanuts” characters playing piano, guitar, and stand-up bass, and dancing on a stage before rehearsal for their Christmas pageant

All the “Charlie Brown Christmas” Dancers — ID’ed

Their names and their backstories

Paul Thomas Zenki in Thinkpiece Magazine

Man wearing a shirt which reads: every LOVE deserves RESPECT!

The “Paradox of Tolerance” Doesn’t Exist

Being “intolerant of intolerance” is neither paradoxical nor…

Paul Thomas Zenki in Thinkpiece Magazine

Roger Taylor, Freddie Mercury, Brian May, and John Deacon of the band Queen photographed in 1975, wearing glam outfits and teased hairdos, looking directly at the camera

Queen Was an OK Band

Pretty good, not bad, can’t complain

Paul Thomas Zenki in Thinkpiece Magazine

Woodblock print with watercolor showing Jesus and his disciples viewing the withered fig tree

Why Jesus Murdered a Fig Tree

Even the gospel writers disagree about this one

Paul Thomas Zenki in Thinkpiece Magazine

Woman leaning on the top of a fence looking at the camera

The #1 Mistake New Fiction Writers Make

How “telling the story over the fence” kills good plots

Paul Thomas Zenki in Thinkpiece Magazine

What Is Consciousness?

Yes, we know what it is; and we also don’t.

Paul Thomas Zenki in Thinkpiece Magazine

Image of Jesus as a shepherd painted in Crypt of Lucina, Rome, around 300 CE, juxtaposed with a statue of the Buddha as a Hellenistic philospher from the 1st century CE.

Jesus Was Not Enlightened

No, Jesus and Buddha did not teach the same thing.

Paul Thomas Zenki in Thinkpiece Magazine

Man with his hands over his face

How to Redeem a Wasted Life

I heard the story of the ant and the grasshopper, and picked grasshopper

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