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The Crisis of Comprehension and the Restoration of Deep Reading: Part 2. Response to Critics
Dr Neville Buch Abstract Many people today find it hard to read long books or understand deep ideas because they are distracted by phones and social media. This problem is called a “crisis of comprehension,” where our brains get lazy and stop thinking for themselves. This essay explains why we need to start…
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The Crisis of Comprehension and the Restoration of Deep Reading (Cognitive Map)
PDFs: The Crisis of Comprehension and the Restoration of Deep Reading The Crisis of Comprehension and the Restoration of Deep Reading (Cognitive Map) Dr Neville Buch Abstract The current state of literacy in the general population is characterized by an “immense regression” and a systemic loss of sufficient comprehension. This essay explores why individuals…
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Buch, N. (2026). The Void in the Universal, UUnderWorld May 2026
PDF File: Buch, N. (2026). The Void in the Universal, UUnderWorld May 2026 One of the most important articles on thinking. Featured Image: The UU and Beacon Press Office, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
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MICE: From Hyperintelligent Species to Human Authorship
Dr Neville Buch Abstract The acronym MICE represent a dual conceptual framework: the literal hyperintelligent mice of Douglas Adams’ science fiction and the Management Institute for Contributory Economy (MICE). In the realm of science fiction, mice are depicted as hyperintelligent, pan-dimensional beings who commissioned the Earth as a supercomputer to determine the “Ultimate Question”.…
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The Jesus Intellectual Community
Dr Neville Buch Abstract This essay explores how Gregory C. Jenks’ book, “Jesus Then and Jesus Now: Looking for Jesus, Finding Ourselves” (2014), serves as a theological and intellectual synthesis that could bind together a “Jesus intellectual community.” Drawing on the historical trajectories of the House of Freedom (HOF), Teen Challenge (Qld) Inc., and the…
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How Low Have we Sunk?
Dr Neville Buch The Architecture of Indifference: Technocratic Regression at UQ Abstract The following essay examines the structural and cognitive failure of compassion at The University of Queensland (UQ), as articulated in the message to Associate Professor Chad Chiu. Utilizing Dr. Neville Buch’s Matrix of Sociology and the Dynamic of Cognition (DoC) framework, the…
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Statement on the State of Affairs in Queensland
Dr Neville Buch The Haunted Frontier: Queensland’s Legacy and Intellectual Evolution https://www.academia.edu/166035859/Statement_on_the_State_of_Affairs_in_Queensland The current “State of Affairs in Queensland” is defined by a profound and ongoing transition, as the state remains significantly haunted by a socio-intellectual legacy that prioritized folkloric myth over professional accountability. This haunting manifests as a set of “intellectual wounds”…
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The Wickedness of Human Resources: The Technicisation of Humanity
Abstract The Shadows of Innovation and the Techné Mindset This essay interrogates the systemic forces that marginalize intellectual innovation and foster a culture of scholarly silence. Through the lens of the Dynamic of Cognition (DoC), it argues that powerful forces—specifically the “techné mindset” and bureaucratic strategic action—consign independent innovators to the “shadows” to preserve institutional…
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Learning foundations for my Curriculum Packages: History and Historiography
Dear friends, Here are the learning foundations for my Curriculum Packages. Abstract This essay explores the vices and virtues of history as a philosophical and social practice, characterizing the discipline not merely as a chronicle of dates but as a “site of conscience” and a laboratory for understanding human existence. Drawing on the socio-intellectual frameworks…