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20
Apr

Be Many People

I've written that you should remain a stranger to avoid becoming entangled in the mistakes or biases of
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15
Apr

Persuasion and Morality

Two friends leave their child with you over the weekend. Your friends are left wing and you're right
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07
Apr

The deeper the darkness, the more difference one light makes.

25
Mar

Conceptualizing of personhood

I've written that people are patterns, but that kind of thinking is not too useful. The most useful
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25
Mar

What is a person?

A Person is not matter. We are not hardware, even though existence without our hardware may be impossible. * If I
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15
Mar

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
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08
Mar

Interesting Stuff: February 2016

Slate Star Codex on why Vox is wrong about prisons replacing mental health in the US Free, offline argument mapping
26
Feb

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
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26
Feb

Axiomatic Beliefs & Intractable Conflicts

There are certain beliefs we as humans hold which form the foundations of how we think. Most of the truly
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26
Feb

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