# Science and technology

*Notes from building infrastructure for machines that see, and from the papers that change how I think.*

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Topic · Interference

Notes from building infrastructure for machines that see, and from the papers that change how I think.

3 pieces

-   **Essay** Oct 17, 2026 [Every mind has a material cause](/writing/every-mind-has-a-material-cause)
    
    Samkhya says the effect pre-exists in the cause, the substrate is inert, and discernment comes before the self. Read as a design note for AGI, it says most of our alignment vocabulary is pointed at the potter and the clay decides more.
    
    [AI and agents](/topics/agents) [Yoga and the mind](/topics/mind)
    
-   **Vaiśeṣika** Nov 3, 2024 [An inventory of everything](/darsana/vaisheshika)
    
    Nyāya's partner: the realist's list of what there is, down to the atom, with space and time counted as things rather than gaps.
    
    [Philosophy](/topics/philosophy)
    
-   **Sāṃkhya** Mar 12, 2023 [The clay before the pot](/darsana/samkhya)
    
    The oldest of the six and the one most often called scientific. Its first move is the question every creation story skips: a maker can shape a pot, but where did the clay come from?
    
    [Philosophy](/topics/philosophy) [Yoga and the mind](/topics/mind)
    

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