At its conclusion, Elizabeth Maher’s series paralleling American folklore simply disappears without a trace
The Big Man
Elizabeth Maher's world-building series continues, reimagining American folklore from a protocolized perspective
What Did Folklore Do?: The Social Functions of Tradition
Cambridge Core - Cross-Discipline History: General Interest - What Did Folklore Do?
The Once And Future Fable #2
On Friday evening the United States Government has forced Anthropic to take down all access to Fable and Mythos.
Debunking “When Prophecy Fails”
ABSTRACT In 1954, Dorothy Martin predicted an apocalyptic flood and promised her followers rescue by flying saucers. When neither arrived, she recanted, her group dissolved, and efforts to proselytize ceased. But When Prophecy Fails (1956), the now‐canonical account of the event, claimed the opposite: that the group doubled down on its beliefs and began recruiting—evidence, the authors argued, of a new psychological mechanism, cognitive dissonance. Drawing on newly unsealed archival material, this article demonstrates that the book's central claims are false, and that the authors knew they were false. The documents reveal that the group actively proselytized well before the prophecy failed and quickly abandoned their beliefs afterward. They also expose serious ethical violations by the researchers, including fabricated psychic messages, covert manipulation, and interference in a child welfare investigation. One coauthor, Henry Riecken, posed as a spiritual authority and later admitted he had “precipitated” the climactic events of the study.
Folklore.org: The Original Macintosh
(Updated) Harry Potter 《Mudblood》 fanfilm review
Curious how the American magical community fits in the original Harry Potter storyline?
Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5
Today we’re launching Claude Fable 5: a Mythos-class model that we’ve made safe for general use.
The Kingkiller Chronicle
The Kingkiller Chronicle is a planned fantasy trilogy by the American writer Patrick Rothfuss. The first two books, The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear, were released in 2007 and 2011. The books released in the series have sold over 10 million copies.
Anthropic cuts off Fable 5 and Mythos 5 access following government order
The US demanded foreign nations be blocked over national security concerns.
On Enchanted Flatland: Iain McGilchrist & the Problem of Romantic Liberalism
A follow-up to my contribution to Rosy Cross: Question of Right & Truth of Christianity
