Chris Parsons

A Psychoanalytic Review of Pluribus Part 1: The Joining

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In this piece, I apply psychoanalytic theory to conceptually review 'the joining' in Vince Gilligan's Pluribus. If you liked the show, please take a look!

This is part 1 of the review, with a consideration of the others to follow.

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At the Edge of Uncertainty (@chrisparsons2) The debate about LLM consciousness is not just unresolved, it is structurally unable to resolve. This piece does not intervene by taking sides, but by asking what keeps the debate alive, what fantasy ...

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What does the debate over whether the reasoning capacity of LLM's signifies their consciousness have in common with the writing of a love letter?

I explore this question below using Lacanian psychoanalytic theory.

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At the Edge of Uncertainty (@chrisparsons2) This week, I dive back into the world of abstraction, considering the psychological states associated with liminality. From liminal states which demand answers to questions as yet unasked, I conside...

Have you ever wondered about the psychological states that relate to liminality? I take a look at this question here, suggesting that a suspension of meaning in liminal states demands a creative response. substack.com/@chrisparson...

Why What We Mean Never Quite Gets Said On the impossibility of saying everything that matters

Have you ever started a project and wondered why the brief feels like it can't ever be filled? Or perhaps noticed that conversation circulates around a subject without addressing the elephant in the room? If so, this piece from my new substack might be of interest: open.substack.com/pub/chrispar...

This was so great. I completely agree with the message. There is no metalanguage. That is the framing problem summed up in a sentence.