Be Many People
I've written that you should remain a stranger to avoid becoming entangled in the mistakes or biases of
Persuasion and Morality
Two friends leave their child with you over the weekend. Your friends are left wing and you're right
Conceptualizing of personhood
I've written that people are patterns, but that kind of thinking is not too useful. The most useful
What is a person?
A Person is not matter. We are not hardware, even though existence without our hardware may be impossible.
* If I
Consensus is not Truth: How philosophers deal with moral relativism
If we all agree that earth if flat, that does not mean that it is.
The greatest problem in ethics
Interesting Stuff: February 2016
Slate Star Codex on why Vox is wrong about prisons replacing mental health in the US
Free, offline argument mapping
Against (An Idiots Interpretation of) Rawls
* Self-Interest is not a legitimate basis for moral rules
* principle: Moral rules should apply to everyone equally
* The mechanism of
Axiomatic Beliefs & Intractable Conflicts
There are certain beliefs we as humans hold which form the foundations of how we think. Most of the truly
The Problem with Map/Territory Rationalism
Statement: You should believe what is true.
Problem: Beliefs affect you on a subconscious level. Certain true beliefs can have