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3. VISSER / CHATGPT COSMIC TELEOLOGY IN DISGUISE: A Critical Examination of Bobby Azarian's Theory of Everything	8. VISSER / CHATGPT UNDERSTANDING PROJECT OMEGA: A Summary of Bobby Azarian's Claims
4. VISSER / CHATGPT KEN WILBER AND THE LEGACY OF GERMAN IDEALISM: An Intellectual Lineage	9. VISSER / CHATGPT COULD THE UKRAINE WAR HAVE BEEN PREVENTED? A Critical Look at Mearsheimer's Thesis
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VISSER A MORE ADEQUATE SPECTRUM OF COLORS?, A Comparison of color terminology in chakra-psychology, Integral Theory and Spiral Dynamics	VISSER WILBER OR TRUTH? How to Get Rid of Your Wilber Complex
VISSER BIG HISTORY AND INTEGRAL THEORY: Bill Bryson Meets Ken Wilber	VISSER THE WILD WEST WILBER REPORT: Looking back on the Wyatt Earp Episode (2006)
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VISSER "FROM DIRT TO DIVINITY": Ken Wilber's pre-Darwinian Understanding of Evolution	VISSER A SELF-HELP GUIDE FOR DEMOCRATS, Review of Ken Wilber's "Trump and a Post-Truth World"
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