Signalling as a basis for understanding introversion and extroversion 25 Aug 2013 | 09:23 pm

Basing our understanding of human “psychology” on signalling and signalling systems—essentially seeing people as complex signalling systems—can make many aspects of being human clearer. For example, ...

Meaning and identity 22 Aug 2013 | 11:59 pm

Meaning can be defined as two signals connecting sensibly. Identity depends on meaning as defined above. Our identities are (somewhat) complex nexuses of meaning/signaling that “embody” our comprehe...

Semiotics are social 22 Aug 2013 | 12:21 am

Near the end of a very long drive the other day, my partner and I got stuck in a traffic jam. The day was hot and the jam went on and on and we felt frustrated. It didn’t happen, but as we sat and wa...

Notes 17 Aug 2013 | 08:16 pm

Semiotics is “the science of communicable meaning.” It is this much more than “the science of communicable signs.” My position on human cultures is they all suck. They’re terrible because each of the...

Why FIML is better than psychotherapy 14 Aug 2013 | 08:15 pm

FIML is not better than psychotherapy if you are in the midst of a crisis or you do not have a suitable FIML partner. In most other cases, FIML practice will work better than psychotherapy because FI...

Paradigms and problems 13 Aug 2013 | 07:48 pm

One of the problems in transmitting FIML practice to others is no one has a paradigm for learning that includes a friend saying to them “I have something good to tell you, but it will take a fairly lo...

Edward Snowden’s Dad, Lon Fires Back At Obama: My Son Has Sacrificed More Than The US President 12 Aug 2013 | 08:51 pm

Do you realize how ambiguous you are when you speak? 8 Aug 2013 | 08:11 pm

And how bad you are at interpreting what others say to you? If not, you are living in a very muddled world that is probably “anchored” to nothing more than your “feelings,” your “identity,” or some f...

Semiotics and stress 4 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am

A common explanation of human stress includes physical stress (heat, cold, etc.), hierarchical stress (low status, competition, etc.), and lack of social support (horizontal communication, belonging)....

Saṃvega 1 Aug 2013 | 09:53 pm

The oppressive sense of shock, dismay, and alienation that come with realizing the futility and meaninglessness of life as it’s normally lived; a chastening sense of our own complacency and foolishnes...