Gods in a Machine

The future of neuro-integration

Nov 29 • 

Nicholas Kircher

10

5

5

Hate From Above & Below

How the Rwandan Genocide was made possible by words

Published on A Chemical Mind • Nov 12

October 2025

The Illness That Didn't Exist

How to make a medical textbook blush

Oct 27 • 

Nicholas Kircher

22

12

5

Is pro-natalism a political stance?

Addition, Subtraction, and the arithmetic of social policy.

Oct 20 • 

Nicholas Kircher

7

4

1

Emotions of Mass Destruction

...and other horses of the apocalypse.

Oct 11 • 

Nicholas Kircher

11

7

4

September 2025

Calling All Hand-Writing Enthusiasts

Say hello to my new tool, made for writers, researchers and archivists!

Sep 26 • 

Nicholas Kircher

18

7

5

August 2025

Side-Quest: Voices from the Ethernet

My strange passive fascination with one of the oldest internet traditions of all: mental illness.

Aug 30 • 

Nicholas Kircher

10

3

3

The BlockedStack Phenomenon

Does finding out how many people have you blocked make you feel weird?

Aug 25 • 

Nicholas Kircher

30

16

4

July 2025

What is Covid-19 doing to the brain?

Alzheimers and SARS-CoV-2

Jul 25 • 

Nicholas Kircher

21

6

3

Hate From Above & Below

How the Rwandan Genocide was made possible by words

Jul 17 • 

Nicholas Kircher

18

5

8

[Substack Live] ZOMBIES!!

2 PhDs and a High School Dropout discuss biological plausibility and nuclear weapons

Jul 8 • 

Nicholas Kircher

, 

Tommy Blanchard

, and 

Gunnar

1

49:01

May 2025

Emperors of Maladies: Augustus

How a kid with chronic illnesses and his best friend conquered Rome and shaped history

May 31 • 

Nicholas Kircher

15

15

6