Ratio — Lucas Marlin Tilford https://lucastilford.com/ratio/ Essays on consciousness, theology, systems, and technology from Lucas Marlin Tilford. en-us Wed, 13 May 2026 22:06:58 -0400 https://lucastilford.com/assets/images/og-share.jpg Ratio — Lucas Marlin Tilford https://lucastilford.com/ratio/ Planetary Samadhi: Overview, Numinous Awe, and the Computational Self https://lucastilford.com/ratio/planetary-samadhi-overview-numinous.html https://lucastilford.com/ratio/planetary-samadhi-overview-numinous.html Wed, 13 May 2026 22:06:58 -0400 Lucas Marlin Tilford consciousness space faith A research-grounded essay on the Overview Effect, Rudolf Otto’s numinous, samadhi, Christian mystical parallels, and where predictive processing meets contemplative practice. Easter, Renewal, and American Hope https://lucastilford.com/ratio/easter-renewal-american-hope.html https://lucastilford.com/ratio/easter-renewal-american-hope.html Mon, 06 Apr 2026 07:17:05 -0400 Lucas Marlin Tilford faith A fact-grounded reflection on Easter as history, season, lunar timekeeping, and American imagination. Llull and the Thinking Machine https://lucastilford.com/ratio/llul-thinking-machine.html https://lucastilford.com/ratio/llul-thinking-machine.html Wed, 18 Mar 2026 01:45:15 -0400 Lucas Marlin Tilford computing Ramon Llull’s Ars magna as worldview: an ordered cosmos whose structure could be read, compared, and computed. His legacy runs through Leibniz to computer science. Pharmakon: Why Every Technology Is Both Cure and Poison https://lucastilford.com/ratio/pharmakon-technology-cure-and-poison.html https://lucastilford.com/ratio/pharmakon-technology-cure-and-poison.html Wed, 18 Mar 2026 01:07:29 -0400 Lucas Marlin Tilford technology The ancient Greek pharmakon—remedy, poison, and enchantment at once—offers a sharper lens for technology, product design, and the systems we build. From Daimons to Daemons https://lucastilford.com/ratio/from-daimons-to-daemons.html https://lucastilford.com/ratio/from-daimons-to-daemons.html Sun, 15 Mar 2026 14:26:50 -0400 Lucas Marlin Tilford systems The lineage of the word daemon: ancient mythology, Maxwell’s demon, information theory, and Linux—agents that convert information into order. When Truth Loses Balance: Lessons from One-Dimensional Civilizations https://lucastilford.com/ratio/when-truth-loses-balance.html https://lucastilford.com/ratio/when-truth-loses-balance.html Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:27:26 -0500 Lucas Marlin Tilford philosophy Biblical morality, Greek rationality, and Vedic consciousness as three axes of truth—and what happens when a culture lets one axis swallow the others. Intellectual Honesty and the Classical Christian Tradition https://lucastilford.com/ratio/intellectual-honesty-christianity.html https://lucastilford.com/ratio/intellectual-honesty-christianity.html Wed, 21 Jan 2026 02:03:40 -0500 Lucas Marlin Tilford faith Scripture as witness rather than dictation, Jesus as the center, and why intellectual honesty is closer to classical Christianity than to modern fundamentalism.