Idea Chemistry

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Articles

The Gunkel Method

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Jun 22, 2026

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10 min read

Patrick Gunkel Invented the Largest Cognitive Tool Humanity Has Ever Seen

Element 3 of Gunkel's science of ideas. He basically took the way his mind worked and put it down on paper.

Andrew McIntosh

Charts

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Jun 15, 2026

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7 min read

"The Mass-Production of Ideas via Ideas that Generate Ideas."

An immediate pre-history of ideonomy, part 2 of 2.

Andrew McIntosh

Charts for the Mind

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Jun 8, 2026

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7 min read

Here Are the Charts Gunkel Made Right Before His Ideonomy Breakthrough

An immediate pre-history of ideonomy, part 1 of 2.

Andrew McIntosh

Jun 1, 2026

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5 min read

Have You Been Mispronouncing "Ideonomy" This Entire Time?

Another trick headline to drive engagement. But seriously, have you?

Andrew McIntosh

Academia

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May 25, 2026

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8 min read

The Incredible Afterlife of Patrick Gunkel's List of 638 Personality Traits

Most of the researchers citing Gunkel seem to have no idea who he was

Andrew McIntosh

Archival Materials

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May 18, 2026

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4 min read

Did Police Brutality Instill a Hatred of Authority in Patrick Gunkel?

Gunkel suffered significant trauma twice at the hands of the police

Andrew McIntosh

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