The Genetic Fallacy and the Culture War
Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash The culture war is a veritable bonanza of logical fallacies. There are tons of...
Philosophy
Repenters, Repressors, and PoC Intelligentsia
Photo by Mike Von on Unsplash Liam Kofi Bright wrote a fascinating article called "White Psycodrama". (Available here: White Psychodrama...
A Third Post on ChatGPT
Photo by DeepMind on Unsplash The first two posts are here and here. Yesterday I "wrote" a post describing what...
Some Thoughts on ChatGPT
Photo by Andrea De Santis on Unsplash Everyone seems to be freaking out about Large Language Models lately. These troll...
If a Tree Falls in a Forest. . .
Photo by Dylan McLeod on Unsplash When I was in college, shortly after I declared philosophy as my major, I...
Nihilism and Meaning
Photo by Pop & Zebra on Unsplash Nihilism is the idea that life is meaningless. In popular thought, a nihilist...
An Argument Against Meritocracy
Photo by Mareko Tamaleaa on Unsplash Meritocracy seems great. Who could be against the idea of people getting economic benefits,...
The Responsibility of the Opponent
Eternal rivals I tell my students that winning isn't the most important thing when they compete. Their goal should be...
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Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash I was playing I Declare War with a friend over the weekend, and getting...
2022
As they have bee for pretty much everyone, the last couple of years have been difficult. Even before the pandemic...
