Brendan Myers, PhD
@fellwater.bsky.social
Author of 25 books in science fiction, fantasy, and nonfiction. Professor of philosophy in west Quebec, Canada. I live in a library, next door to a forest.
http://brendanmyers.net
http://brendanmyers.net
"You fall, and I want to fall with you, whoever you are."
— Carl Jung, The Red Book.
— Carl Jung, The Red Book.
December 12, 2025 at 4:51 AM
"You fall, and I want to fall with you, whoever you are."
— Carl Jung, The Red Book.
— Carl Jung, The Red Book.
I am teaching philosophy and #writing #books into a world where fewer and fewer people know how to read.
People still recognize letters and words. But people are also losing the habits, the patience, the strategies, the critical eyes, for reading.
Amy Shira Teitel says: youtu.be/IG5zrQxPICk?...
People still recognize letters and words. But people are also losing the habits, the patience, the strategies, the critical eyes, for reading.
Amy Shira Teitel says: youtu.be/IG5zrQxPICk?...
Books are bad now and I blame the Internet
YouTube video by Amy Shira Teitel
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I am teaching philosophy and #writing #books into a world where fewer and fewer people know how to read.
People still recognize letters and words. But people are also losing the habits, the patience, the strategies, the critical eyes, for reading.
Amy Shira Teitel says: youtu.be/IG5zrQxPICk?...
People still recognize letters and words. But people are also losing the habits, the patience, the strategies, the critical eyes, for reading.
Amy Shira Teitel says: youtu.be/IG5zrQxPICk?...
A little stream-of-consciousness on otherness, gazes, dialectics, and #love.
open.substack.com/pub/brendanm...
open.substack.com/pub/brendanm...
Ruminations on otherness, gazes, dialectics, and love.
And the problem with the meme which says we should not depend on others for happiness.
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
A little stream-of-consciousness on otherness, gazes, dialectics, and #love.
open.substack.com/pub/brendanm...
open.substack.com/pub/brendanm...
I foresee a day when the freedom of the western world will rest on some drug dealer who wants a million-dollar payout to reveal who #Bubba was...
December 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I foresee a day when the freedom of the western world will rest on some drug dealer who wants a million-dollar payout to reveal who #Bubba was...
“At its heart, #Reason is organized curiosity… It is not mere description and calculation; it is more important than that. It is imagination, it is adventure, it is ambition, it is wonder, it is joy, it is love, it is life.”
brendanmyers.substack.com/p/remarks-ab...
brendanmyers.substack.com/p/remarks-ab...
Remarks about knowledge, philosophy, rationality... and Uncanny Soulscapes.
Reason is much more important than calculation.
brendanmyers.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:31 AM
“At its heart, #Reason is organized curiosity… It is not mere description and calculation; it is more important than that. It is imagination, it is adventure, it is ambition, it is wonder, it is joy, it is love, it is life.”
brendanmyers.substack.com/p/remarks-ab...
brendanmyers.substack.com/p/remarks-ab...
“Intelligent design” my arse. The human organism was clearly designed by a dysfunctional committee.
November 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
“Intelligent design” my arse. The human organism was clearly designed by a dysfunctional committee.
Now landed (processed, handled, examined, checked, re-checked, forgotten, discovered, questioned, doubted, processed again, stamped, categorized, dehumanized, and then for good measure processed again) in The Airport That Hates You And Wants You To Suffer...
...Toronto. #YYZ
...Toronto. #YYZ
November 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Now landed (processed, handled, examined, checked, re-checked, forgotten, discovered, questioned, doubted, processed again, stamped, categorized, dehumanized, and then for good measure processed again) in The Airport That Hates You And Wants You To Suffer...
...Toronto. #YYZ
...Toronto. #YYZ
What if the central question of our time is how to resist the network of forces incentivising us to be callous, angry, dismissive, hubristic, misanthropic?
And how to remain decent, wise, #loving beings?
A question, not just of ethics, but also our whole way of knowing what this world is about?
And how to remain decent, wise, #loving beings?
A question, not just of ethics, but also our whole way of knowing what this world is about?
November 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
What if the central question of our time is how to resist the network of forces incentivising us to be callous, angry, dismissive, hubristic, misanthropic?
And how to remain decent, wise, #loving beings?
A question, not just of ethics, but also our whole way of knowing what this world is about?
And how to remain decent, wise, #loving beings?
A question, not just of ethics, but also our whole way of knowing what this world is about?
Check out my new #sciencefiction #novel THE WAY OF WIND AND RAIN, on Kickstarter!
It's the story of the search for a missing scientist and his formula for human immortality. A Greek tragedy of grief, temptation, and obsession.
And my most personal book so far.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/arc...
It's the story of the search for a missing scientist and his formula for human immortality. A Greek tragedy of grief, temptation, and obsession.
And my most personal book so far.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/arc...
The Way of Wind & Rain
A cynical former space Ranger and an idealistic young architect pursue a runaway scientist and his formula for human immortality.
www.kickstarter.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Check out my new #sciencefiction #novel THE WAY OF WIND AND RAIN, on Kickstarter!
It's the story of the search for a missing scientist and his formula for human immortality. A Greek tragedy of grief, temptation, and obsession.
And my most personal book so far.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/arc...
It's the story of the search for a missing scientist and his formula for human immortality. A Greek tragedy of grief, temptation, and obsession.
And my most personal book so far.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/arc...
Why is it that when people talk about their near-death experiences or their past-life regressions, they never say that they were an advertising writer? Is it because all ad writers go to hell?
October 13, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Why is it that when people talk about their near-death experiences or their past-life regressions, they never say that they were an advertising writer? Is it because all ad writers go to hell?
Coming later this month: THE WAY OF WIND AND RAIN, my latest #sciencefiction novel!
It’s my most personal, expressive book so far. Also the darkest, the most tragic. You’ll love it.
More info: www.brendanmyers.net/the-way-of-w... #writing #books
It’s my most personal, expressive book so far. Also the darkest, the most tragic. You’ll love it.
More info: www.brendanmyers.net/the-way-of-w... #writing #books
October 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Coming later this month: THE WAY OF WIND AND RAIN, my latest #sciencefiction novel!
It’s my most personal, expressive book so far. Also the darkest, the most tragic. You’ll love it.
More info: www.brendanmyers.net/the-way-of-w... #writing #books
It’s my most personal, expressive book so far. Also the darkest, the most tragic. You’ll love it.
More info: www.brendanmyers.net/the-way-of-w... #writing #books
This Week in Modern #Philosophy with me...
October 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This Week in Modern #Philosophy with me...
If Tylenol causes autism, you won't believe what Viagra does...
September 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
If Tylenol causes autism, you won't believe what Viagra does...
Last week in my Modern #Philosophy class, I talked about David Hume, and how he threw a wrench into the gears of the great #Enlightenment project of universal reason.
So, this week, we awaken from our dogmatic slumbers.
So, this week, we awaken from our dogmatic slumbers.
September 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Last week in my Modern #Philosophy class, I talked about David Hume, and how he threw a wrench into the gears of the great #Enlightenment project of universal reason.
So, this week, we awaken from our dogmatic slumbers.
So, this week, we awaken from our dogmatic slumbers.
How I plan to introduce my students to David Hume this week. #teaching #philosophy
September 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
How I plan to introduce my students to David Hume this week. #teaching #philosophy
Reposted by Brendan Myers, PhD
"Fascism is here - it's just unevenly distributed."
Have heard half a dozen variations of this now...maybe @greatdismal.bsky.social should say it so we can quote him?
Have heard half a dozen variations of this now...maybe @greatdismal.bsky.social should say it so we can quote him?
August 30, 2025 at 4:41 AM
"Fascism is here - it's just unevenly distributed."
Have heard half a dozen variations of this now...maybe @greatdismal.bsky.social should say it so we can quote him?
Have heard half a dozen variations of this now...maybe @greatdismal.bsky.social should say it so we can quote him?
Reflections on Van Gogh's Tree Roots. It's a heavy one: on a #philosophy of meaning and being, and maybe also #depression.
open.substack.com/pub/brendanm...
open.substack.com/pub/brendanm...
A reflection inspired by Van Gogh's Tree Roots
It's a heavy one.
open.substack.com
August 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Reflections on Van Gogh's Tree Roots. It's a heavy one: on a #philosophy of meaning and being, and maybe also #depression.
open.substack.com/pub/brendanm...
open.substack.com/pub/brendanm...
Walking, dwelling, thinking.
August 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Walking, dwelling, thinking.
“In man, creature and creator are united: in man there is matter, fragment, excess, clay, mud, madness, chaos; but in man there is also creator, sculptor, hammer hardness, spectator divinity, and seventh day ‐ do you understand this antithesis?” Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, § 225.
July 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
“In man, creature and creator are united: in man there is matter, fragment, excess, clay, mud, madness, chaos; but in man there is also creator, sculptor, hammer hardness, spectator divinity, and seventh day ‐ do you understand this antithesis?” Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, § 225.
I now measure people's #political and personal #values by the amount of pleasure they gain from witnessing the suffering of others.
July 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I now measure people's #political and personal #values by the amount of pleasure they gain from witnessing the suffering of others.
My sister Roisin Derbis is quite a wonderful artist. And now she has an Instagram page to share her work. Everybody go look!
Insta: @roisinderbis.art #art
Insta: @roisinderbis.art #art
July 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
My sister Roisin Derbis is quite a wonderful artist. And now she has an Instagram page to share her work. Everybody go look!
Insta: @roisinderbis.art #art
Insta: @roisinderbis.art #art