Too Long Ramblings on Compassion vs. Power Ethics
Today I’m going to ramble about ethics. Ethical systems are frameworks for guiding how we interact with others. I suppose this could include our ethics toward... »
What's a good way of thinking of expenses?
For example, a pair of 24$ pants that last 4 months might be .75$ per day of use (if it’s durable and lasts 2 years, then... »
The Simulation Argument Take Zar
The Simulation Argument (SA) always seemed pretty cool, but I didn’t realise how sound and quite what a conundrum it is until discussing it with a... »
Things social people seem to do differently from me
They value socialising as an activity in and of itself. Whereas I tend to think about socialising in terms of some purpose :p They expect and... »
Can Induction be used to justify induction?
Part of the standard “problem of induction” is that any observation-based justification of induction uses induction. Which is generally viewed as circular reasoning. That is, of... »