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philosophy

A collection of 40 posts

poetry

No Matter: No Mind?

A history of the universe in verse

philosophy

But what is Spirituality?

Is it really all just mumbo-jumbo woo-woo talk?

Education

Moral Brakes

Our incomplete education could end the world. Can the humanities save us from ourselves?

Artificial Intelligence

Robots Turning

How do we prevent robots from turning on their human masters?

ethics

Natural Law

The ancient rules that lie behind divinity, democracy, and Daraprim

science

Fine Tuning

How come our Universe was fine-tuned to enable the miracle of Life?

Economics

Operational Definition

How to measure the immeasurable — and why it can sometimes go wrong.

Algorithms

The Nature of the Profile

Do users have a ‘body’ that exists independently from the online profile?

Advice

Demystifying Creativity

Don’t wait for creativity to come to you — create it yourself.

Advice

Nudging for Neltiliztli

The hidden details that influence your decisions — and the Aztec way to deal with them.

Debate

The Debate

What lessons can today’s world learn from an ancient Mongol debate?

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Irrelevance

A super-smart AI may not be evil. But what it could be, is even more dangerous.

nature

The Mound

Who owns the Mound? The answer is not so clear.

Cognition

Brain in the Leg

Thinner than thread and stronger than steel, silk is not simply for snares.

Economics

Time Travel

How banks make money by borrowing it from the future.