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Materialism Is Killing You

Being right is not always the best survival strategy. “evolution doesn’t care about truth. It cares about fitness. And a belief system that produces depression, anxiety, declining fertility, and suicidal ideation at unprecedented rates might be worth examining—even if it… Read More »Materialism Is Killing You

Consider the shrimp

The trolley problem with other living things considered. [Unexplainable] Consider the shrimp 🅴https://podcastaddict.com/unexplainable/episode/209117460 via @PodcastAddict

Emergence Is Nonsense

Does it explain anything? “For educational reasons, the first time I heard “emergent property” was in reference to consciousness. I thought it was a joke. “Consciousness is an emergent property” struck me as a meaningless sentence, unless emergence means anything… Read More »Emergence Is Nonsense

Economy vs. Ecology

Economy and Ecology come from the same language concept. Both come from oikos, which means “house”. Economy is joined with nemein, which means “to manage”. Ecology is joined with logia, which means “study of”. Nowadays we focus a lot on… Read More »Economy vs. Ecology

Meaning at the Boundary

Something crucial is missing. “The language model “knows” that balls fall when dropped — this is a robust statistical regularity across millions of texts. But it has never seen a ball. It has never felt gravity. It has never experienced… Read More »Meaning at the Boundary