The Meaning Crisis … and AGIThe “Meaning Crisis” is popularly discussed and debated these days: John Vervaeke has a fifty episode youtube series on it, David Chapman…Nov 7, 20211Nov 7, 20211
Free willAs a physicist, I get to think about free will just like the rest of ’em. I was recently prompted to set my thoughts to writing on the…Oct 24, 2020Oct 24, 2020
Supressing Data, Fake and RealWe all know that facebook and many other web sites are now engaged in the active suppression of false and misleading information. We know…Apr 23, 2020Apr 23, 2020
Cultural Relativism and Moral AuthorityA short essay inspired by discussions of Jonathan Haidt’s book “The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion…Jul 22, 2018Jul 22, 2018
The Future of HumanityI have only one question, but it is complicated to explain. But I enjoy asking it, so I will once-again, type it in the long way, instead…Jun 22, 20181Jun 22, 20181
Free Speech on College CampusesFree speech on college campuses. This is debated in some circles. Some of the debaters seem not to understand what is happening. Here’s a…May 17, 2018May 17, 2018
Wild swings of beliefs — physics and sociologyWe are all hyper-aware of political polarization these days. But what is the cause, how can it be explained? One model is the so-called…May 10, 20181May 10, 20181
The Singularity and Your Place in ItHere’s the short version. Bacteria signal to each other using short chemical peptides. This allows bacteria to solve problems: for example…Feb 3, 2018Feb 3, 2018
Is Socialism Good?So, Bernie Sanders thinks that the Pope is a socialist — well, that’s old news, if you’d been paying attention. Bernie’s rebroadcasting the…Oct 26, 20172Oct 26, 20172
The Global Brain“The Global Brain” is the concept that, as we build higher-bandwidth connections between human brains, we integrate further into a…Oct 23, 20173Oct 23, 20173
