Truth Creatures

The Truth Market

Aurelien | Trying To Understand The World | 10th September 2025

Philosophical reflections on truth and truth-seeking methods. “We live in a society which no longer finds the concept of objective truth interesting or useful, and sees truth itself as a commodity. We seek truths that comfort us in our beliefs, confirm our opinions of institutions and people, and most of all do not require us to think too much. Assertions of truth and falsehood are used as weapons” (7,000 words)

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We Are Not Low Creatures

Erik Hoel | Intrinsic Perspective | 12th September 2025

An arrow-shaped rock sitting at the bottom of an ancient dry riverbed on Mars has spots that resemble microbial leftovers — a possible sign that life once existed on the planet. Unlike Earth, where plate tectonics continually rebury the planet and new life muddies evidence of the old, the record on Mars would be preserved unblemished in ice, “a planetary museum for the origins of life” (2,800 words)