Peter and Valentine: Dual DeterminismsPeter: Hey Val, how’s it going? What have you been up to?Aug 23Aug 23
Process? BasedBeing results-based means you are more focused and concerned about the consequences of some event.Jun 16, 2023Jun 16, 2023
With Causal Power Comes Moral ResponsibilityPeter heard the gunshot and somehow already knew what had happened. He ran over to see a man lying on the sidewalk, his shirt covered in…Feb 24, 2023Feb 24, 2023
The Backward Law that is Backwards LawOne’s life is about setting goals for oneself and going out and achieving them. But life is not so simple. To restate the same concept a…Dec 10, 2022Dec 10, 2022
Imperfectly Correlated (as all things should be)People often make the mistake of thinking variables are perfectly correlated, or perfectly uncorrelated.Nov 24, 2022Nov 24, 2022
Peter and Valentine: Dopamine TubesPeter: Hey Val, I’ve been thinking about this hypothetical. Imagine you were given the option to use a dopamine tube. For the rest of your…Nov 3, 2022Nov 3, 2022
Rootless Rationales and Harpless HarpsichordsOnce upon a time, in a world far enough removed from our own so not to anger any music historians, there was a village full of vibrant…Aug 13, 2022Aug 13, 2022
MaaS (Morality as a strategy)Is the good “good and just” because God wills it or does God will it because it is good and just?Jul 30, 2022Jul 30, 2022
Are ya optimizing for the right game, son?I walked into a room and saw two men seated on opposite sides of a table with a board on top. They were taking turns sliding wooden pieces…Jul 23, 2022Jul 23, 2022
