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Newsletter Nr. 1.408
Amsterdam, September 9, 2025


Satire as Scalpel: Three Parodies of Ken Wilber's Evolutionary Pretensions - Frank Visser / ChatGPT

Ken Wilber has long presented himself as the great synthesizer of science, philosophy, and spirituality. His Integral Theory aspires to be nothing less than “the Theory of Everything,” with evolution framed as Spirit's grand staircase. Yet for all its ambition, critics have often charged that Wilber's treatment of evolution is more mystical projection than scientific explanation. Three satirical essays—two by Philip Molina and one by Ray McGuinness—drive this point home with devastating precision.

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Why Integral Never Had a True Science Department - Frank Visser / ChatGPT

Ken Wilber's Integral project has long claimed to bring together the best of science, philosophy, and spirituality. Its promise was grand: to integrate the knowledge of East and West, ancient and modern, empirical and contemplative. And yet, despite its sweeping vision, the Integral movement never developed anything like a true science department. It held conferences, published glossy journals, and occasionally featured conversations with scientists, but it never built a sustained dialogue that could withstand scrutiny from the scientific world itself.

With several rounds of AI-generated debate with Mark Rost.

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