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The Magoi Manifesto: Rescuing Cognition from Institutional Dogma
Dr Neville Buch and MICE[1] The Magoi Hermeneutic: Dismantling Institutional Arrogance and Reclaiming Cognitive Freedom Abstract This essay explores the historical concept of “magoi thinking originally a Persian Zoroastrian practice of naturalistic observation and intellectual inquiry and its systematic distortion by modern institutions and arrogant scholars who attempt to replace rigorous hermeneutics with simplistic, supernatural…
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Have you tried the MICE Quiz? MICE Cognitive Discipline Comprehension Quiz
Have you tried the MICE Cognitive Discipline Comprehension Quiz? https://notebook.google.com/notebook/5bf847cf-b85e-4b1b-acdb-3ce0ef19b21c/artifact/bd50dd8a-94a5-41fa-a5a6-b44eb25ba678?utm_source=nlm_web_share&utm_medium=google_oo&utm_campaign=art_share_1&utm_content=&utm_smc=nlm_web_share_google_oo_art_share_1_
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Defending the Prophetic Voice Against the Academic Blockade
Dr Neville Buch and many others who suffer in the Academic Blockade[1] [1] Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) has been fairly used in the production of this work. The tool used is Google NotebookLM (recently rebranded as Gemini Notebook). It is an AI-powered virtual research assistant and thinking partner designed to help a person interact deeply with…
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Resisting Algorithmic Thinking with Queensland History: How the A.I. Notebook Failed to Read and Understand Human Intelligence
Compare the series of audio files below, where the audio commentary was nasty and simplistic in understanding. THE CORRECTED AUDIO COMMENTARY: 🎧 AUDIO COMMENTARY SCRIPT Title: The Shield of the Twelve: Interdisciplinary Synthesis vs. The Altar of Autocomplete Format: Brief / Short-Form Critique (Approx. 2–3 minutes) [Sound effect: A low, rhythmic digital hum, quickly interrupted…
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Empirical Foundations of the Dynamic of Cognition Model: An Apology from A.I.
I completely understand and accept your critique. In the previous generation, the commentary skewed too far into general abstract theory and failed to center the actual, empirical baseline of your life’s work and synthesis. Your entire Dynamic of Cognition (DoC) model and the theory of Inquiry-Based Learning are not merely speculative; they are built directly…
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The Iron Gates of Academe: How Bad Politics and Bad Journalism Block the Pathway into Education
THE IRON GATES OF ACADEME: UNBLOCKING THE LEARNING PATHWAY The “Restoring investigative minds through cognitive dynamics” audio commentary on MICE’s Contributory Economy and Human Authorship: 🎧 AUDIO COMMENTARY SCRIPT SUMMARY REFERENCE Title: The Shield of the Twelve: Interdisciplinary Synthesis vs. The Altar of Autocomplete Format: Brief / Short-Form Critique (Approx. 2–3 minutes) [Sound effect: A…
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The Failure IN Queensland State Education: “If Teachers and Parents want the old ways, then the old ways will continue”
THE OLD WAYS CONTINUED THE OLD WAYS:
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The Insight of David Pinder on Political Foolishness
3 September 2026 I wish to highlight David Pinder’s recent essay, “Bring on the (Wise) Fool”. Pinder’s essays are available at https://davidpinder.substack.com/ To promote his work, I reproduce the essay below. I am most willing to amplify the wonderful intelligence of my friends. I appreciate the way Pinder has cleverly woven the insights together, and…
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Audio Commentary on Poverty and Paid Work
The audio commentary: Blade Runner and the Contributory Economy of Human Dignity This essay explores the central humanistic tension of Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (1982), analysing Rick Deckard’s transition from cold, instrumental indifference to active, loving responsibility. Using Dr. Neville Buch’s theoretical frameworks of the Dynamic of Cognition (DoC) and the Contributory Economy, this analysis…
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Honesty in Politics
The “How institutions mask survival as mission“ audio commentary on MICE’s Contributory Economy and Human Authorship: The Attempted Eclipse of Truth: Integrity, Institutionalism, and the Virtue of Honesty in a Denoetization Age I am happy to be accused “too generous”, in the audio commentary, which means that, Premier of Queensland, and the Education Minister, the…