Statement on latest personal attack (revised):

Anyone who knows anything about my background knows that have interacted with numerous controversial figures over the years: radicals, extremists, outcasts, felons, even killers.  I do this not because I agree with everything they say or do, but rather because they often hold important but neglected or censored views which need to be examined.  For obvious reasons, most of this interaction has been, and remains, confidential.  When needed, I have provided cover for them, and given aid and support.  And I myself have put forth certain views that are unpopular, uncomfortable, or unwelcome.  For obvious reasons, all this is highly unsettling for certain people, and thus they do their best to attack and slander me.  This has happened many times in the past, and I have developed a rather thick skin about it all -- water off the back.

     But now it has come to my attention that I have been subjected to yet another slanderous personal attack by a malicious special-interest group known for defending Jewish and Zionist interests.  This is not the first time; ever since I have been defending the call for boycotts, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) from Israel, beginning back in 2003, Jewish groups have found it convenient to target me personally, in an attempt at intimidation.  Sadly for them, it has never worked.  And as I have heightened my critiques since the attack on Gaza, so they have accelerated their slander.  Now they attempt to connect my name to certain shocking and reprehensible views.  These are absurd.  My areas of expertise are philosophy, history of philosophy, environmental ethics, and philosophy of technology; these have no bearing on the claimed subjects, nor do I have any special expertise in such areas.  I have, though, spoken frequently and harshly against Israeli crimes against humanity, the dangers of Zionism, and the corrupting power of the Israel Lobby, especially in the US and Europe -- this is all on the public record, and I stand by those statements.

     This latest attack throws a whole array of complaints against me, in the hope that some will stick.  But their assertions offer neither proof nor even concrete evidence.  It is true that I gave a positive book review for a book on the extensive Jewish role in WW1 and WW2 (The Jewish Hand in the World Wars) because I found the book well-grounded and well-argued.  But our friendly Jewish lobby will not accept anything positive to be said about a Jewish-critical work.  It is furthermore true that my book The Jesus Hoax argues for a deliberate falsification by Paul and his Jewish colleagues regarding the Jesus story, but that is an old line of argumentation dating back to Nietzsche; my contribution was simply to update the argument and bolster it with recent data.  If someone doesn't like my thesis, then they are free to debate me or to write their own book.  (I suggest people read both works before issuing any comments, pro or con.)

     Finally, it is true that I corresponded with Ted Kaczynski extensively and that this led to the 2010 book Technological Slavery.  We were brought together by a Jewish publisher, Adam Parfrey (now deceased), who had a penchant for outrageous and extremist writings.  Adam and I had a good working relationship and he put me in touch with other, shall we say, "interesting" characters.  But again, I hold those contacts confidential; if they choose to make public statements, that is their business.

     Our friendly Jewish Lobby brings all this up now, only to slander me and my views.  They do not critique it or respond to the issues, only slander.  Apart from these true facts, there is only innuendo and rumor.  In my podcasts with Kevin Barrett, we have focused strictly on technology and on the Jesus Hoax, as anyone can easily verify; what he or others do with the audio-video stream of my image is out of my control and for which I take no ownership.  One incident was laughed off as a joke by both parties, hardly to be taken seriously.  And I obviously have no responsibility for his personal opinions or other views expressed on his show.

     One should wonder why all this is such a fuss.  Can we not critique the power of the Jewish Lobby?  Can we not inquire about the extensive Jewish role in American government?  Can we not ask questions about the Jewish role in history?  Can we not examine the many glaring problems with the conventional Holocaust story?  If not, why not?  Is it "anti-Semitic" or "supremacist" to do so?  Apparently it is.  But this, then, proves the point:  No critical analysis of Jews in history or in contemporary society shall be permitted, and if you try, they will use their power and influence to attack you.  Case closed.  They wouldn't make such a fuss unless there was something to all this; always keep that in mind.

     Two issues should be kept front and center here: 1) the ongoing Israeli/Jewish slaughter of innocents in Palestine, which is criminal in itself and which may well drive us into World War Three, and 2) the corrupting power of the American Israel Lobby.  These things are far more worthy of peoples' time and energy than anything I might have to say.  Any other assertions against me are unworthy of response.  

      Finally, let me say that I strive to be as open as I can.  A friend recently told me that I should just "fess up" and admit to the writings attributed to me.  Perhaps he is right.  In the current climate, it seems to be easier to admit than to deny.  So let me come clean:  I did it.  There, now it's out in the open.  All those writings are mine.  In fact, you name it, and I wrote it.  Remember that infamous political book, Primary Colors, by Anonymous?  Yep, that was me.  And you can put me down for the Protocols of Zion, half of "Shakespeare's" plays, and War and Peace (Tolstoy was a pen name).  In fact, I preemptively am taking credit for any future writings attributed to me.  Let's all just save ourselves some time: I did it. 

     At one time, people speculated that I was the Unabomber; later, I was D. B. Cooper; now this.  Tomorrow, I will be charged with being someone else, or with some new offense against the powers that be.  Such is life.  The struggle goes on.

     But now you'll have to excuse me; I need to get back to work.  Lots of writing to do.

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OTHER PUBLICATIONS and INVITED TALKS

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BOOKS

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The Jesus Hoax (2nd edition; Creative Fire Press), 2024

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Panpsychism in the West (MIT Press), 2017 (revised edition)

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Concepts in Critical Thinking  (ed.; Creative Fire), 2016

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The Metaphysics of Technology  (Routledge), 2015

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Earth Alive: Readings in Environmental Ethics  (ed.; Creative Fire), 2011

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World as Sanctuary: The Cosmic Philosophy of Henryk Skolimowski  (ed.; Creative Fire), 2010

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Mind That Abides: Panpsychism in the New Millennium (ed.; Benjamins), 2009          

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Pursuit of Wisdom: Fundamental Concepts in Philosophy (ed.,; Creative Fire), 2009

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Confronting Technology: Selected Readings and Essays  (ed.; Creative Fire), 2009

 

Ethics for Life: Introductory Readings and Essays  (ed.; Creative Fire), 2008

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CHAPTERS, ARTICLES, and OP-EDs

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"On the present and future of panpsychism", in Consciousness and its Place in Nature (2nd ed; G. Strawson et al; 2024)

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"A Great Passing: Reflections on 20 years with the Unabomber" (www.counter-currents.com; June 2023)

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"Panpsychism", in The Encyclopedia of Religion (Wiley; 2021).

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"The soul of philosophy in a soulless age", Human Affairs (v 31, 2021).

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"St. Paul, artful liar" (www.counter-currents.com; May 2021).

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"Creative reconstruction of the technological society", in Sustainability Beyond Technology (Oxford Univ Press, 2021)

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"God as world-mind", in Panentheism and Panpsychism (Brill/Mentis, 2020)

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"Panpsychism reconsidered", in Routledge Handbook of Panpsychism (2020)

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"Panpsychism in the 19th century", in Routledge Handbook of Panpsychism (2020)

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"Plato and the meaning of life", in The Meaning of Life and the Great Philosophers (Routledge, 2018)

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"Panpsychism in History", in Consciousness (M. Velmans, ed; Routledge, 2018)

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Review: Panpsychism (Oxford UP).   Journal of Consciousness Studies (v 24, #11-12, 2017)

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“Plato and the problem of consciousness”, in Consciousness and the Great Philosophers (Routledge, 2017)

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“Panpsychism”, Oxford UP Bibliographies Online (2016)

 

“Technology and human destiny”, Dark Mountain #8 (2015)

 

“Dualism, dual-aspectism, and the mind”, in Contemporary Dualism (Routledge, 2014)

 

“Ethics, eco-philosophy, and universal sympathy”, Dialogue and Universalism (vol. 23, #4, 2013)

 

“Hypocrisy and high treason: Why we should stay out of Syria”, Arab American News (Sept. 19, 2013)

 

“One vision of ecological justice”, Rewilding.org (2013)

 

Review:  "Process Approaches to Consciousness," Process Studies (vol. 41, #2, 2012)

 

“Michigan's population loss good for the environment”, Detroit News (Jan. 13, 2011)

 

“Why did Finkelstein avoid Zionism questions?”, Arab American News (Jan. 29, 2011)

 

“Mind Space: Toward a solution to the combination problem”, in The Mental as Fundamental (Ontos Verlag, 2011)

 

“The man still stands: Reply to Basile”, in The Mental as Fundamental (Ontos Verlag, 2011)

 

“A revolutionary for our times”, in Technological Slavery (Feral House, 2010)

 

“Eco-philosophy in the context of world history”, in World as Sanctuary (Creative Fire, 2010)

 

“Whitehead and the ubiquity of mind”, Chromatikon VI, 2010

 

“Panpsychism in history: An overview”, in Mind That Abides (2009)

 

“Minds, objects, and relations: Toward a dual-aspect ontology”, in Mind That Abides (2009)

 

“Transcending consciousness: Thoughts on a universal conception of mind”, Journal of Consciousness Studies (vol. 16, no. 5, 2009)

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“Why are we in Afghanistan?”, Arab American News (Aug. 22-28, 2009)

 

“Technological anarchism: Reconsidering the Unabomber”, Chromatikon V, 2009

 

“On the problem of the aggregate”, Chromatikon IV, 2008

 

“Un revolutionnaire pour notre temps”, in L'Effondrement du Systeme Technologique (French edition of Technological Slavery, 2008)

 

“Panpsychism”, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2007)

 

“Divestment by U-M would help end Palestinian, Israeli suffering”, Ann Arbor News (Apr. 13, 2006, w/ B. Thomson)

 

Review:  "Neither Brain nor Ghost," Journal of Consciousness Studies (vol. 13, #6, 2006)

 

“Vote Green—and Good Riddance to the Democrats!”, Arab American News (Oct. 14, 2006)

 

“Realistic panpsychism: Commentary on Strawson”, Journal of Consciousness Studies (vol. 13, #10-11, 2006)

 

“Beyond Descartes: Panpsychism revisited”, Axiomathes (vol. 16, Dec., 2006)

 

“On Divesting from Israel: What every student should know”, Michigan Journal (Sep. 20, 2005)

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“Panpsychism as an underlying theme in western philosophy”, Journal of Consciousness Studies (vol. 10, #3, 2003)

 

“To build peace, US must discard its pro-Israel bias”, Detroit News (Sep. 26, 2001)

 

“Schools need fewer computers, not more”, Northville Record (Mar. 9, 2000)

 

Review:  "Eco-Socialism or Eco-Capitalism?," World Affairs (vol. 4, #2, 2000)

 

“Computers are good for kids?  It's a myth”, Detroit Free Press (Oct. 9, 2000)

 

“Convivial communities”, Resurgence (Sep/Oct 99)

 

“The ethics of free trade”, in Environmental Ethics and the Global Marketplace (1998)

 

“Participatory chaos:  An analytic model of consciousness”, Proceedings of WFSF, Aug. 93 conf.    (1994)

 

“Conversion of sequences from deductive to inductive form”, Mathematics Magazine (Dec. 1993)

 

“Is it time for the US to disband?”, Fort Wayne Free Press (Oct-Dec 1991, w/ K. Brady)

 

“On the need for a course on values & ethics”, The Reporter (Dec. 13, 1988)

 

                                               

LETTERS

 

Immigration unsustainable, Fifth Estate, Spring 2007 

Letter (on secession), Earth First! Journal, Sep/Oct 2007        

SG's preoccupation w/ Israel makes perfect sense, Michigan Journal (UM-Dbn), Dec. 5, 2006         

Human scale "state", Fifth Estate, Fall 2005   

Letter (on US population problem), Earth First! Journal, Nov/Dec 2005        

Another look at technology issues in schools, Northville Record, Mar. 23, 2000       

Quebec should secede, Detroit Free Press, Nov. 30, 1998      

NAFTA notes, Utne Reader, Sep/Oct 1993     

A united Europe, Time, Jan. 20, 1992

Can Detroit & its suburbs come together?, Detroit Free Press, Jun. 3, 1992    

Is environmentalism our new god?, Detroit News, Jan. 23, 1991       

           

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INVITED TALKS, PRESENTATIONS, and SEMINARS      

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"Sufficiency in Organization and Management Systems".  Univ of Helsinki, May 27-31, 2024.

"The Ethics of Sustainability".  IULM, Milan, Italy, Nov 4, 2021.

"Technology and the Destruction of Art".  Teesside University, UK, Oct 26, 2021.

"Tech and Anti-Tech".  Univ of Helsinki, Oct 13, 2021.

"Creative reconstruction of the technological society".  Univ of Helsinki, Oct 5, 2020.

"Three arguments for panpsychism".  Univ of Helsinki, Sep 29, 2020.

"Is Jesus a Hoax?" (debate).  Wayne State Univ, Oct 17, 2018.

"Creative Reconstruction".  STS conference, Tampere, Finland, Jun 14, 2018.

Philosophy class, AA Huron High School, Dec. 2, 2016.        

al-Quds speech, HFC Library, Jul. 10, 2015.

"Fantasies of Evil".  UM-D Philosophy Club, Jan. 29, 2015.

“Israel/Palestine: Conflict in Context”.  UM-D Philosophy Club, Oct. 16, 2014.

al-Quds speech, Dearborn City Hall, Jul. 26, 2014.     

"Is Jesus fiction?".  UM-Dearborn, Jan. 30, 2014.

“Panpsychism in western thought”, Hope College, Holland, MI, Apr. 5, 2013.

“What we can learn from the Unabomber: On the Metaphysics of Technology”, Univ of North Texas

      (Denton, TX), Mar. 7, 2013.

“Technological skepticism: What we can learn from the Unabomber”, SXSW, Austin, TX, Mar. 8, 2013

“Technological skepticism: What we can learn from the Unabomber”, Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick,

     NJ, Oct. 4, 2012.

“Nietzsche's critique of Christianity”, MSU Philosophy Club, E. Lansing, MI, Sep. 28, 2011.

“Collective consciousness and higher-order minds”, Emergence and Panpsychism Conf, Munich

     School of Philosophy, Jun. 20, 2011.

“Technological anarchism: Reconsidering the Unabomber”, VUB-Etterbeek, Brussels, May 4, 2010.

“Eco-philosophy in the context of world history”, First Intl Eco-Philosophy Conf, Pultusk, Poland,

     May 8, 2010.

"Mind space: Towards a solution to the combination problem,"  First Intl Workshop on Panpsychism,

     Univ of Vienna, May 14, 2010.

"Panpsychism, emergence, and dynamical systems", Center for Logic Studies, Univ of Gent, Belgium,

     March 2008.

"Panpsychism: A Spectrum of Views" (workshop), Toward a Science of Consciousness conference,

     Tucson, AZ, April 2008.

"State Space Dynamics and a Hylonoetic Theory of Mind", Toward a Science of Consciousness

     conference, Tucson, AZ, April 2008.

"On the pervasiveness of soul in Aristotle's metaphysics", Michael Morden Lecture, Oakland

     Univ, March 2004.

Panpsychism in western philosophy - (speech and poster session), Toward a Science of Consciousness

     conference, Tucson, AZ, April 2002.

Nonlinear dynamics and the processes of mind - (poster session), Toward a Science of Consciousness

     conference, Tucson, AZ, April 2002.

Decentralization & the design of eco-communities, 1st Schumacher Decentralist Conference, Williams,

    MA, June 1996.

Ethics of free trade, Ethics & Global Marketplace, Athens, GA, April 1995.

Participatory chaos, World Future Studies Federation, Turku, Finland, August 1993.

Eco-Ethics (by H. Skolimowski), Eco-World '92, Wash. DC, June 1992.

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