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[marginalium] Your DNA Can Now Be Pulled From Thin Air — 26 Aug 2023
[marginalium] A survey of all different scientific approaches in longevity biotech — 25 Aug 2023
[marginalium] You Are Not Destined to Live in Quiet Times — 24 Aug 2023
[marginalium] Animals Trapped In Human Bodies — 23 Aug 2023
[marginalium] Dialect and the law — 22 Aug 2023
[marginalium] It might be good to say um — 21 Aug 2023
[marginalium] The GrubHub Of Human Affliction — 20 Aug 2023
[marginalium] The gender well-being gap — 19 Aug 2023
[marginalium] Historical IQs are made up, and other IQ myths — 18 Aug 2023
[marginalium] Profile of a computer-virus maker — 17 Aug 2023
[article] Leadership consulting is usually more 'feel good' than 'do good' — 17 Aug 2023
Leadership consulting proposes to fix leaders, but because we can confuse ‘making leaders feel good’ with ‘making leaders better’ it usually fails. It doesn’t have to though: just take the extra step from ‘collective vision’ to ‘collective norms’.
[marginalium] The Bronze Age Has Never Looked Stronger — 16 Aug 2023
[marginalium] Land Ownership Makes No Sense — 15 Aug 2023
[marginalium] Ancient Greek Terms Worth Reviving — 14 Aug 2023
[marginalium] Why Do Dogs Turn Their Heads to One Side — 13 Aug 2023

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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