Insinq Datum
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I'm an aspiring poet, author and philosopher. I run a 5000+ debating community on Discord and a couple of Youtube channels, one related to the Discord server and one related to my work as a philosopher. I am also the author of DMTheory.
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Empty Eyes
For reference, all of my material for this piece of writing has been derived from a video by the Youtube channel That Chapter by the same name as the subtitle of the piece. He's one of the best True Crime channels on the platform and I highly recommend you check him out here.
By Insinq Datum5 years ago in Criminal
Remember the Name
What am I most passionate about? It's in the name! Insinq. Ins-Inq = Insightful Inquiry. This is a favourite philosophical concept of mine called a true name, and I even have a specific formula for working out what your true name is. It's simple, but I think it's elegant and incisive in a way that gives the concept power. The formula is that the first name is the name of the mask you are wearing right now, the current manifestation of your inner personality, while the second name is the essence of your identity, the root of who you are and what makes you tick. The first name an individual has can and indeed will change throughout their life many times, while the second name will rarely, if ever, experience a serious alteration - it is the kernel of their personal essence, what makes them unique at its most basic level. So, for me, my second name is Inquiry, because I am so very curious and I love asking questions - I always have - and this leads me to habitually wear a mask of someone who is, or at least likes to think he is, insightful. I love asking questions and I love answering them, and I have a particular knack for framing and reframing questions in such a way that I am able to produce an analytical synthesis of the problem space which intuitively indicates the direction towards a solution.
By Insinq Datum5 years ago in Humans
The Ancient Art and Sacred Science of Stalking Synchronicity
Perhaps some of you will be familiar with the concept of 'the language of the world' from Paulo Coelho's famous classic The Alchemist, which really is one of the most beautiful narrative stories I have ever come across - particularly the prologue featured in the 25th anniversary edition, a short story that articulates a theme which is ubiquitous throughout the book. The first time I ever read The Alchemist, it was because of a series of odd coincidences which prompted me to pay it attention.
By Insinq Datum5 years ago in Futurism
The Word
Two thousand years ago, the marvels of the modern age would have been indistinguishable from magic; these are marvels we interact with every day without a proper appreciation for the incredible power that has been granted to us through the labour of our ancestors. Two thousand years ago, man was yet still wise enough to recognize magic when he saw it, and to call it what it is. Two thousand years later, the technological leaps that we have made make no lasting impression on a generation which has known them from birth, and modern man feels comfortable, even justified, in the claim that the efficacy of science has thoroughly dispelled the superstitious and primitive belief in magic.
By Insinq Datum5 years ago in Poets
