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[marginalium] Against The Cultural Christianity Argument — 4 Oct 2024
[marginalium] Against intellectual humility — 4 Oct 2024
[article] There are no levels — 4 Oct 2024
The ‘naming’ problem, where by naming something we feel we have explained it, the ‘language’ problem, where the words we use stop others from understanding, and the ‘question’ problem, where we fail to find the right questions, are common and funny.
[marginalium] Get Ready for AI Religions: Sam Altman, Transhumanism and The Merge — 4 Oct 2024
[marginalium] Lots of fun updates on the state of AI — 4 Oct 2024
[article] Men and women are from earth, fool pt. III — 27 Sep 2024
This book is basically, “men are terribly emotionally fragile, and they can make small steps to be better, but women need to just <em>stop bothering them with all their pedantry</em> and just let them be who they are.”
[marginalium] Bad Service Is A Sign Of A Better World — 26 Sep 2024
[marginalium] We Are Not Adapting to Climate Change. — 26 Sep 2024
[marginalium] The Other British Invasion — 25 Sep 2024
[marginalium] Are We Too Impatient To Be Intelligent? — 24 Sep 2024
[marginalium] How to Think About Politics — 23 Sep 2024
[marginalium] Rationalist community rediscovering psychology — 20 Sep 2024
[article] Men and women are from earth, fool pt. II — 20 Sep 2024
I guarantee, no matter how sexy traditional gender roles are to you, that you do <em>not</em> want to be like Gray’s ‘men’.
[marginalium] LA system that covers up police misconduct — 20 Sep 2024
[marginalium] The Spiritual Is Not Weird — 19 Sep 2024

btrmt. (text-only version)

The full site with interactive features is available at btr.mt.

btrmt. (betterment) examines ideologies worth choosing. Created by Dorian Minors—Cambridge PhD in cognitive neuroscience, Associate Professor at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Core philosophy: humans are animals first, with automatic patterns shaped for us, not by us. Better to examine and choose.

Core concepts. Animals First: automatic patterns of thought and action, but our greatest capacity is nurture. Half Awake: deadened by systems that narrow rather than expand potential. Karstica: unexamined ideologies (hidden sinkholes beneath). Credenda: belief systems we should choose deliberately.

The manifesto. Cynosure (focus): betterment, gratification, connection. Architecture (support): inner (somatic, spiritual, thought) and outer (digital, collective, wealth).

Mission. Not answers but examination. Break academic gatekeeping. Make sciences of mind accessible. Question rather than prescribe.

Writing style. Scholarly without jargon barriers. Philosophical yet practical—grounded in neuroscience and lived experience. Reflective, discovery-oriented. Literary references and metaphor. Critical of systems that narrow human potential. Rejects "humans are flawed"—we're half awake, not broken.

Copyright. BTRMT LIMITED (England/Wales no. 13755561) 2026. Dorian Minors 2026.

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About Dorian Minors. Started btrmt. in 2013 to share sciences of mind with people who weren't studying them. Background: six years Australian Defence Force (Platoon Commander, Infantry); Gates Cambridge Scholar; PhD cognitive neuroscience, University of Cambridge (2018-2024); currently Associate Professor, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Research interests: neural basis of intelligent behaviour, decision intelligence, ritual formation/breakdown, ethical leadership, wellbeing.

External projects (links also available via Analects):

Lectures: Podcasts exploring ideologies

Neurotypica: Brain science guide for non-scientists

Black Cortex: Leadership consulting

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