Anon sent a question about Bertrand’s Paradox. The paradox is supposed to show something has gone wrong with our thinking in probability. And it has, but not in the way its proponents […]
A Christmas Carol Revisited — Guest Post by Richard Law
Richard Law is a retired web engineer and writer living in Switzerland. ‘Tis the season for Charles Dickens’ (1812-1870) deservedly popular tale of the time-travels of Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol (1843). […]
A Twist In A Solution To Newcomb’s Paradox
Let’s take a break from the insanity and wade into cool waters to start the weekend. I’ll take it that you’ve watched this video, which purports to give a solution to Newcomb’s […]
Our Base Metaphors & Analogies Used In Science Have Outlived Their Usefulness: Part I
Metaphors and analogies exhaust themselves. No matter how useful they are as guides to thought, pushed too far they can loosen our grip on Reality or lead to stagnation, and they can […]
Why The Many Worlds (Multiverse) Interpretation Of Quantum Mechanics Is Wrong: A New Objection
UPDATE I caused great confusion by putting the word “multiverse” in the title, when there is a whole other theory called “the” multiverse. Yet I did this because Hossenfelder herself, mainly in […]
Is A Material Bearer of Consciousness Intelligible? Part 2 — Guest Post by The Cranky Professor
See Part I here. In this essay, I will summarize and expound more on the “divisible parts problem” in materialism and why the concept of the soul (or ‘mental substance’) avoids this […]
The Problem With Ethical Egoism — Guest Post by The Cranky Professor
Ethical egoism is the position that says that one ought to value oneself above others and that one ought to always act with the aim of benefiting oneself. Ethical egoism also holds […]
Wigner’s Friend Didn’t Invite Him To The Party
From reader Caleb Hansen comes this email: I hemorrhaged brain cells while reading this article from “Interesting Engineering” and thought to share it with you. [link to article] The experts get so […]
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