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[marginalium] Knitting took a long time to invent — 27 Oct 2022
[marginalium] Collaborative writing project about a shared alternate universe where magic (anomolies) are real — 26 Oct 2022
[marginalium] Seeing like a state — 25 Oct 2022
[marginalium] Why ‘cheap things’ don’t bring happiness — 24 Oct 2022
[marginalium] Advice for academics — 23 Oct 2022
[marginalium] Solving Bauman’s ‘liquid modernity’ with commitment — 22 Oct 2022
[marginalium] Taleb on Christianity — 21 Oct 2022
[marginalium] All History Is Revisionist History — 20 Oct 2022
[marginalium] Kin-based institutions as an inhibitor of economic growth — 19 Oct 2022
[marginalium] Ten types of arguments commonly used by advocates of fringe concepts (from Wikipedia editors) — 18 Oct 2022
[marginalium] On the value of religion for liberalism — 17 Oct 2022
[marginalium] How To Legally Own Another Person — 16 Oct 2022
[marginalium] Not just IQ or EQ, but CQ — 15 Oct 2022
[marginalium] US Congress rebranding UFOs — 15 Oct 2022
[marginalium] Why bother reading the bible — 11 Oct 2022

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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btrmt. (text-only version)

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