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Daniel Böttger

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Daniel Böttger

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Daniel Böttger is a recurring person in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 6 times across 6 issues between September 15, 2023 and October 17, 2025. The archive places it in contexts such as “reviewed by Daniel Böttger. Daniel writes the Seven Secular Sermons”; “Contact: Daniel Böttger”; “My name is Daniel Böttger. A few of you know me as the author of the Seven Secular Sermons. Most of you have seen my review of On the Marble Cliffs”. It most often appears alongside ACX, Scott, Substack.

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  • Category: People
  • Mention count: 6
  • Issue count: 6
  • First seen: September 15, 2023
  • Last seen: October 17, 2025

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Book Review Contest 2023 Winners
September 15, 2023 · Original source
2nd: On the Marble Cliffs, reviewed by Daniel Böttger. Daniel writes the Seven Secular Sermons, a huge rationalist poetry/meditation art project, and has a blog post pitching it to ACX readers in particular.
Inline links: On the Marble Cliffs, Seven Secular Sermons, a blog post pitching it to ACX readers in particular
Spring Meetups Everywhere 2024
March 30, 2024 · Original source
LEIPZIG, GERMANY Contact: Daniel Böttger Contact Info: daniel[dot]boettger[at]gmail[dot]com Time: Wednesday, April 17, 05:00 PM Location: We'll meet at the Pavillon in the East corner of Johannapark, and will have a big sign with the ACX logo. Coordinates: https://plus.codes/9F3J89M8+XQ
Inline links: https://plus.codes/9F3J89M8+XQ
SOFIA Contact: Dan Contact Info: bensen[dot]daniel[at]gmail[dot]com Time: Sunday, April 21st, 5:00 PM Location: The Mr. Pizza on Vasil Levski (Sofia Center, Vasil Levski Blvd 53, 1142 Sofia) Coordinates: https://plus.codes/8GJ5M8QH+FM
Inline links: https://plus.codes/8GJ5M8QH+FM
PRAGUE, CZECHIA Contact: Daniel Hnyk Contact Info: betualphu[at]gmail[dot]com Time: Tuesday, April 22nd, 6:00 PM Location: Fixed Point. Koperníkova 6, 120 00 Praha, Česká Republika Coordinates: https://plus.codes/9F2P3CCR+3C Group Link: https://fb.me/e/28OXui8Zy Additional Notes: Please RSVP on LessWrong so I know how much food to get.
Inline links: https://plus.codes/9F2P3CCR+3C, https://fb.me/e/28OXui8Zy
Consciousness As Recursive Reflections
July 16, 2024 · Original source
[Editor’s note: I accept guest posts from certain people, especially past Book Review Contest winners. Daniel Böttger, who wrote last year’s review of On The Marble Cliffs, has finally taken me up on this and submitted this essay. I don’t necessarily agree with or endorse all guest posts, and I’m still collecting my thoughts (ha!) on this one.]
Inline links: On The Marble Cliffs
Don’t worry, Scott hasn’t gone megalomaniacal. My name is Daniel Böttger. A few of you know me as the author of the Seven Secular Sermons. Most of you have seen my review of On the Marble Cliffs, which won me the right to pitch Scott this guest post.
Inline links: Seven Secular Sermons, review of
The jhāna states seem to indicate that after considerable training in maintaining self-reflection, the minimum number of simultaneous qualia can go down to one. In that case, the remaining one quale will appear to pervade everything. If you don’t have any, you’re unconscious. Then there are the four special characteristics of qualia that distinguish it from normal unconscious information processing, given by Daniel Dennett5. Ineffable: qualia cannot be communicated, or apprehended in any way other than direct experience.
Inline links: jhāna states, 5
Triple Tragedy And Thankful Theory
October 09, 2024 · Original source
I accept guest posts from certain people, especially past Book Review Contest winners. Earlier this year, I published Daniel Böttger’s essay Consciousness As Recursive Reflections.
Inline links: Consciousness As Recursive Reflections
While we were working on editing it, Daniel had some dramatic experiences and revelations, culminating in him developing a theory which he says “will contribute to saving the world”, which he asked me to publish.
Everything-Except-Book Review Contest 2025
February 28, 2025 · Original source
First prize will get at least $2,500, second prize at least $1,000, third prize at least $500; I might increase these numbers later on. All winners and finalists will get free publicity (including links to any other works you want me to link to) and free ACX subscriptions. And all winners will get the right to pitch me new articles if they want (most people don’t take me up on this, but Lars Doucet and Daniel Böttger did.)
Inline links: Lars Doucet, Daniel Böttger
Non-Book Review Contest 2025 Winners
October 17, 2025 · Original source
All honorable mentions get free ACX subscriptions. All finalists get that plus links to their Substack and the right to try to pitch me articles (I usually say no, but Lars Doucet, Daniel Böttger, and Brandon Hendrickson managed to get through). First / second / third place get $2500, $1000, and $500 respectively2. Give me two weeks to distribute prizes, and if you haven’t gotten your prize or at least an email about it by then, message me at scott@slatestarcodex.com3.
Inline links: Lars Doucet, Daniel Böttger, Brandon Hendrickson, 2, 3