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> Suppose we’re torn between multiple moral theories, accounts of which… more
> This page details several common, half-thought ideas about “cosmicness.” A… more
> We use words as tools to get things done; and to get things done, we… more
> HIV is defined as “various unrelated viruses that cause AIDS.” And AIDS is… more
> Hume called it the problem of induction; a catchier name is the No Free Lunch… more
> Moreover and more importantly, we won’t know before we’ve already… more
> Joseph Schumpeter compared the function of banks under modern capitalism to… more
> Interestingly, one suggestion that Hamilton made for increasing the supply of… more
> The problem with logic is that if you do it wrong even once it blows up. The… more
> Indeed, the intellectual dominance of Rawls has been so complete, for so… more
> Bits do not naturally have Colour. Colour, in this sense, is not part of the… more
> Searle imagines himself alone in a room following a computer program for… more
I linked to the table of contents for this series of blog posts by Ben Recht, a… more
This blog post describes how attitudes towards money affect personal… more
> If we want to do rationality better, it will probably help to understand how… more
> [An ancient shepherd] discovers a way to divine whether some sheep are still… more