Brett Andersen @BrettPAndersen
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My metaphysics? Reading @BrettPAndersen who is kind of like a human GPT in his consumption of philosophy and evolutionary biology. Read his latest: brettandersen.substack.com/p/the-revaluat… It posits that the universe is characterized by a natural drive towards increasing complexity, which…
New post on that newsletter website that we don't talk about on here because Elon Musk doesn't like it (link in bio) --> "The Revaluation of All Values, Part 5: Nietzsche's will to power as a process of complexification" Tl;dr, Nietzsche's concept of the will to power is…
"In the case of abortion and other reproductive issues, there is compelling evidence that people on both sides of the political aisle are unconsciously trying to create a world that caters to their particular reproductive strategy."
"In the case of abortion and other reproductive issues, there is compelling evidence that people on both sides of the political aisle are unconsciously trying to create a world that caters to their particular reproductive strategy."
"If abortion policy was really about the sanctity of life vs. bodily autonomy, then opinions about abortion should have little to no correlation with people’s sexual habits. But that’s not the case."
"If abortion policy was really about the sanctity of life vs. bodily autonomy, then opinions about abortion should have little to no correlation with people’s sexual habits. But that’s not the case."
New post --> "The Evolutionary Psychology of Abortion Policy (And what we can learn about human nature from the abortion debate)." On the website that shall not be named because Elon Musk will suppress this tweet (link in bio).
The result of a policy like this would be that nobody will ever build a grocery store in the area again.
The result of a policy like this would be that nobody will ever build a grocery store in the area again.
Not an EA for other reasons, but the idea that effective altruism is bad because it won’t lead to a socialist utopia is pretty funny.
Not an EA for other reasons, but the idea that effective altruism is bad because it won’t lead to a socialist utopia is pretty funny.
Funny how often this pattern plays out, and how each time so many people are astonished that predatory men will camouflage themselves. nytimes.com/2018/05/30/mag… nytimes.com/2022/08/18/tec…
This is bad and you just have to defeat these people.
This is bad and you just have to defeat these people.
You can bet everything you own that if socialist command economies outperformed capitalist ones, no one would be promoting "degrowth." People will expend tireless frantic effort and develop clever maneuvers and concepts to mask their shame.
There's a controversy over "hate speech" over at Sbstack, with the usual crowd trying to shut others down. They'll fail, like they do on X, but I thought it was a good idea to get some thoughts down, try to reach people, and rescue them from their sad lives.
For a philosopher to say "the Good and the Beautiful are the same" - is an outrage And if they add "and also Truth" then they deserve a good beating Truth is ugly We have Art so that we do not die of the truth TWP 822 #Nietzsche
My truth is not a truth for everyone My judgments are my own : other people do not have any right to them We must do away with the bad taste of wanting to be in agreement with the majority BGE 43 #Nietzsche
The Kendi thing is so funny "Anti-racist" research is pure drivel. He could've farted on a piece of paper and white liberals would've called it great scholarship But Kendi and those around him were apparently too lazy to do even that They just took the grants and did nothing!
IIT has many problems. but "pseudoscience" is like dropping a nuclear bomb over a regional dispute. it's disproportionate, unsupported by good reasoning, and does vast collateral damage to the field far beyond IIT. as in vietnam: "we had to destroy the field in order to save it."
Honestly, at this point (having seen more of the attempted defenses of its content) I think the letter should be taken down. It's important that science journalists not have to put an asterisk next to IIT every time saying ("oh btw a bunch of people once said pseudoscience.")
Honestly, at this point (having seen more of the attempted defenses of its content) I think the letter should be taken down. It's important that science journalists not have to put an asterisk next to IIT every time saying ("oh btw a bunch of people once said pseudoscience.")
Every philosopher should be writing about whatever most captures their interest and should ignore these obnoxious, self-righteous simpletons.
Every philosopher should be writing about whatever most captures their interest and should ignore these obnoxious, self-righteous simpletons. https://t.co/c7xmfZauUC
““The great myths of mankind are not theories of objective existence. They are, instead, imaginative roadmaps to being.”- @jordanbpeterson
““The great myths of mankind are not theories of objective existence. They are, instead, imaginative roadmaps to being.”- @jordanbpeterson
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My new piece for Epsilon Theory today uses The Matrix to explain the two most interesting ideas I've ever found: the hero's journey and @dr_mcgilchrist's hemisphere theory. ..There's also a clue as to what I'm doing next..
The 'monomyth' or Hero's Journey isn't just a script for movies. It can also be a script for society and our individual lives. If we let it. "The Story that Changes The World" From new ET contributor @tomowenmorgan! No paywall on this one. Enjoy. epsilontheory.com/the-story-that…
A significant debt here owed to the work of @BrettPAndersen
"Henderson makes clear that such experiences are never good for character-building — one succeeds in life despite instability and abuse, never thanks to it — and that he would trade away all his considerable achievements to have been spared it." thecritic.co.uk/issues/march-2…
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🚨WP🚨 Conspiracy beliefs famously resist correction, right? WRONG: We show brief convos w GPT4 reduce conspiracy beliefs by ~20pp (d~1)! 🡆Tailored AI evidence rebut specific arguments offered by believers 🡆Effect lasts 2+mo 🡆Works on entrenched beliefs osf.io/preprints/psya…