Tagged
philosophy
10 pieces · all themes
- Newcombs Paradox as Information Revelation
- Who Is God?It seems to me at this moment God is a shield, a protection placed unto the minds of humanity.
- Life Is MathsArtem and I distilled life's trajectories down to a singular metaphor that brought us both an enlightenment so brightly visible in his eyes as we uncovered it.
- On Virginity, Money, and DemocracyStrength with which a matter can afflict someone is contingent on the meaning they have associated with it. Meaning seems to be the ultimate shield and sword alike.
- Gnōthi SautonTo know thyself is just as easily understood as a call to become aware of one's limits — a reminder that you are mortal, and far from divine.
- On RhetoricRhetoric is the medium of purpose. It surrounds us at all times, and we cannot live without it.
- On the Origin of RacialismI argue that an early form of modern racism — a pre-racism — was common and prevalent in the Graeco-Roman world, and that this pre-racism gave rise to the beginning of modern racism through the eighteenth century.
- MomentIn a Moment everything can change, and for a minute the world can wait.
- ProtonsAs a child sitting near the window of a slow driving car, it was hard not to observe the world around me.
- On UtopiasUtopias are possible but their rarity is mimicked by the rarity of planets hosting life, of which we know only one: Earth.