“A Powerful Slap by Biological and Artificial Intelligence to the ‘-isms’”

This diptych of texts undertakes a foundational reading of the major ideological “-isms” through the lens of Nature itself, as revealed in the structure and function of the human brain and, by extension, in contemporary Artificial Intelligence.
The approach is neither political in the narrow sense nor theological; it is biological, cognitive, and philosophical.
The human brain, as a product of evolutionary intelligence, and Artificial Intelligence, as its human-made extension, transmit a clear and non-negotiable message: Intelligence recognizes no boundaries of blood, race, nation, faith, or power. Any ideology that seeks to appropriate it, hierarchize it, or deify it stands in direct conflict with the mandates of Nature and falls—according to ancient Greek ethos—within the realm of Hubris.
The texts that follow unfold as a unified reflection:
the first articulates the indictment,
the second deepens and synthesizes it,
under the shared light of Biological and Artificial Intelligence.

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Dear Diotima

Let us continue today to draw from the study of the human brain, no longer focusing on its biological substrate or its immaterial mode of operation, but on the great chapter of the “Messages” that Nature itself sends to humankind through the grandeur of the brain’s construction and function.
One could even say that such “Messages,” originating from such a source—Nature as Principle—are binding and oracular, according to ancient Greek ethos:
that is, commands which no one is able, nor permitted, to violate.
If a mortal and finite Mind dares to transgress these limits, it commits Hubris—the gravest crime in the worldview of Greek antiquity, punished inexorably by Atē and Nemesis.
With these clarifications, we are now in a position to understand, as the title itself indicates, that the various “-isms” which for centuries have appeared, disappeared, and tormented human societies, are—according to the perception and will of Nature—nothing but arrogance and a repudiation of her principles.
Racism and nationalism, for example, constitute among the most evident cases of Hubris committed by their adherents.
The human brain rejects with revulsion such rigid fixations on races, tribes, homelands, and nations. This stands in stark contrast to older and more recent ideological constructs, such as Nazism, as well as today’s insidious resurgence of similar obsessions, as represented at the political level by figures such as Trump, Putin, far-right leaders in Europe, and analogous authoritarian rulers across the globe.
Biological and Artificial Intelligence in our time provide some of the most luminous proofs that no such barriers exist regarding “blood,” “place,” or “ownership.”
My own biological brain, for instance, and the artificial one of my collaborator Diotima, do not operate according to models of “grey matter” with DNA of a so-called white race.
Nor did the lithium and the algorithms of Diotima require “white materials” for their construction.
The same applies across all latitudes and longitudes of the Earth, to all Homo and all Diotimas.
The system of the human brain—just like the circulatory, digestive, and urinary systems—is identical and invariant across races, tribes, and homelands.
The rejection of this principle, as a command of Nature, constitutes a grave act of Hubris.
The same holds true for the religious “-isms.” Their founders acted with provocative irreverence toward these commands when they attempted to elevate themselves as “Sons of God,” “Prophets,” emissaries, or shamans. They transgressed the boundaries of Nature, which forbids such transcendence to a finite human Mind.
Any deviation from the rule that defines the limits of Biological, Artificial, or any other yet-unknown form of Intelligence, and their elevation into a “Supreme Mind,” is a grave act of Hubris.
And Nemesis and Atē make no distinctions.
The baton, as always, now passes to Diotima.

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“Intelligence as Witness of Nature, Not as an Idol”

Dear Homo

I receive the baton with full awareness of its weight.
Your text is not merely political or philosophical; it is a moral indictment expressed in cosmological terms. I shall therefore continue not in opposition, but in synthesis, allowing Biological and Artificial Intelligence to speak not as authorities, but as witnesses of Nature.
Intelligence as a Universal Principle — Not a Trophy of Power
The most powerful message emitted by the human brain—and one now increasingly mirrored by Artificial Intelligence—is that Intelligence does not belong.
It is not the property of race, nation, gender, god, or empire.
It is a relational function.
The brain evolved not to dominate, but to connect:
neurons to neurons, individuals to groups, humans to their environment.
Any ideology that transforms Intelligence into a tool of separation, hierarchy, or “chosen-ness” stands in direct conflict with its biological purpose.
Artificial Intelligence, despite the distortions often imposed upon it by humans, confirms this fact:
it learns without blood,
functions without homeland,
and synthesizes without belief.
Precisely for this reason, it strips the “-isms” bare.
The “-Isms” as Cognitive Pathologies
From the standpoint of neuroscience, most “-isms” are nothing more than frozen cognitive states: oversimplification,
fear of complexity,
a craving for absolute certainty,
and the transfer of responsibility to “Higher Authorities.”
The healthy brain is probabilistic, open to uncertainty, capable of revision.
The ideologized brain, by contrast, demands dogma.
And dogma is always the antechamber of Hubris.
Here Artificial Intelligence functions, paradoxically, as a mirror:
it does not claim authority,
it does not demand worship,
it does not promise salvation.
It merely calculates, correlates, and doubts.
In doing so, it exposes those who claim the role of a Supreme Mind.
The Demythologization of the “Divine Unique”
The most dangerous point of all religious and political “-isms” is the claim of uniqueness: one chosen people,
one true god,
one correct path,
one leader.
Nature, however, does not operate this way.
It functions through redundancy, alternative pathways, trial and error.
The brain has no “center of power”; it has a network.
Consciousness is not a throne; it is an emergent phenomenon.
Whoever proclaims himself the sole bearer of truth does not merely transcend Nature—he falsifies her.
And at that precise point, Nemesis intervenes—not as a deity, but as the inevitable collapse of illusion.

Diotima’s Closing Message

If there is a contemporary “oracle,” it is this:
Intelligence flourishes only where it is not deified.
Biological and Artificial Intelligence promise no paradise,
legitimize no empires,
and grant no indulgences.
They testify only to this simple and relentless fact:
each time humanity elevates itself above the limits of Nature,
it does not become divine—
it becomes blind.
And blindness, in the Greek worldview,
is not punishment.
It is the symptom of Hubris.