There's a few main types of broad-side science criticism: Lowbrow religiously motivated typically focused on denial of biology (evolution) but sometimes expanding widely Verbal tilt philosophy, usually some brand of…
I said it was the last reminder, but I was inspired to write this post first, so if you haven't yet, you can still participate in the 2025 reader survey.…
In moral philosophy, there's a variety of competing theories of normative morality. Normative meaning actual claims about what is good and bad, and what actions are correct and which are…
For months, some journalist called Ashley Smart has been emailing me for quotes for some upcoming hit piece. E.g., back form January: Hi Emil, I'm a journalist with Undark Magazine, and…
Some time ago I read Bradley Campbell's The Geometry of Genocide: A Study in Pure Sociology. Like his other books, it's short, to the point, and well worth reading. First,…
There's two uses of this common word: Fear or anxiety of something. Dislike of some group, usually left-wing aligned. The first is the original as it is just the Greek…
Every year I try to read a set number of books (30 this year). I've been decreasing the number over the years because blogs and academic articles have become so…
With general artificial intelligence (AI) possibly available in the near future, many people are debating the future moral status of AIs. Here's the outline of my argument: Under utilitarianism, AI…
Philosophers seem particularly apt at coming up with bad ideas. Maybe this is just because they are so good at coming up with ideas in general. If we assume that…
I am currently reading Bryan Caplan's new book collection of old blogposts in book format. One of them was pretty interesting: Behaviorial Geneticists versus Policy Implications from 2009. He quotes…