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Review of Ross Douthat’s Believe
On contemporary apologetics, the comforts of modernity, and why better arguments may not revive religion
Jan 20
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Notes on Buddhism
On substance and self, impermanence and dissatisfaction, and the Four Noble Truths
Jan 8
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The Inescapability of Altruism
On self-interest, benevolence, happiness, and why caring for others is part of caring for yourself
Dec 30, 2025
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Every Problem Is a Prediction Problem
On true belief and explanation, Popper and Deutsch, knowledge in AI, and the nature of understanding
Dec 23, 2025
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Can AI Have Free Will?
On entities and events, AI alignment, responsibility and control, and consciousness in machines.
Dec 16, 2025
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Solving the Trolley Problem and Other Moral Dilemmas
On the trolley problem, dissolving moral dilemmas, and why civilization means fewer tragic choices.
Dec 9, 2025
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Overcoming the Naturalistic Fallacy
On the open-question argument, goodness, the objectivity of moral truths, and the science of morality.
Aug 7, 2025
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Bryan Caplan on Ethical Intuitionism
On common sense realism, moral knowledge, naturalism, G.E. Moore, Ayn Rand, and moral motivation.
May 6, 2025
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