#rationalism — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #rationalism, aggregated by home.social.
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My explanation of "rationalism":
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#TIL what #TESCREAL means. I'm impressed by the explanatory power of conceiving of this cluster of #ideologies as an #interconnected #aggregate which then get used to justify #harm
I feel like a lightbulb went on and that I understand the current state we're all in a bit better now.
Highly recommend starting with the @wikipedia article, which covers the #concept and some of the #criticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TESCREAL
Thanks go to #Bhante #Sujato (https://sujato.me/) for making me aware of the term.
#transhumanism #extropianism #singularitarianism #singularity #cosmism #rationalism #effectiveAltruism #longtermism #transhumanist #transhuman #longnow #eugenics #AGI #utopia #utopianism #bigtech
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#TIL what #TESCREAL means. I'm impressed by the explanatory power of conceiving of this cluster of #ideologies as an #interconnected #aggregate which then get used to justify #harm
I feel like a lightbulb went on and that I understand the current state we're all in a bit better now.
Highly recommend starting with the @wikipedia article, which covers the #concept and some of the #criticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TESCREAL
Thanks go to #Bhante #Sujato (https://sujato.me/) for making me aware of the term.
#transhumanism #extropianism #singularitarianism #singularity #cosmism #rationalism #effectiveAltruism #longtermism #transhumanist #transhuman #longnow #eugenics #AGI #utopia #utopianism #bigtech
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#TIL what #TESCREAL means. I'm impressed by the explanatory power of conceiving of this cluster of #ideologies as an #interconnected #aggregate which then get used to justify #harm
I feel like a lightbulb went on and that I understand the current state we're all in a bit better now.
Highly recommend starting with the @wikipedia article, which covers the #concept and some of the #criticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TESCREAL
Thanks go to #Bhante #Sujato (https://sujato.me/) for making me aware of the term.
#transhumanism #extropianism #singularitarianism #singularity #cosmism #rationalism #effectiveAltruism #longtermism #transhumanist #transhuman #longnow #eugenics #AGI #utopia #utopianism #bigtech
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#TIL what #TESCREAL means. I'm impressed by the explanatory power of conceiving of this cluster of #ideologies as an #interconnected #aggregate which then get used to justify #harm
I feel like a lightbulb went on and that I understand the current state we're all in a bit better now.
Highly recommend starting with the @wikipedia article, which covers the #concept and some of the #criticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TESCREAL
Thanks go to #Bhante #Sujato (https://sujato.me/) for making me aware of the term.
#transhumanism #extropianism #singularitarianism #singularity #cosmism #rationalism #effectiveAltruism #longtermism #transhumanist #transhuman #longnow #eugenics #AGI #utopia #utopianism #bigtech
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#TIL what #TESCREAL means. I'm impressed by the explanatory power of conceiving of this cluster of #ideologies as an #interconnected #aggregate which then get used to justify #harm
I feel like a lightbulb went on and that I understand the current state we're all in a bit better now.
Highly recommend starting with the @wikipedia article, which covers the #concept and some of the #criticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TESCREAL
Thanks go to #Bhante #Sujato (https://sujato.me/) for making me aware of the term.
#transhumanism #extropianism #singularitarianism #singularity #cosmism #rationalism #effectiveAltruism #longtermism #transhumanist #transhuman #longnow #eugenics #AGI #utopia #utopianism #bigtech
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“In ‘My Early Beliefs,’ the memoir #Keynes read to his Bloomsbury friends in September 1938 in the midst of the Sudeten crisis, Keynes looked back on the confident #rationalism of his pre-war youth and judged it ‘disastrously mistaken’.” open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
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“In ‘My Early Beliefs,’ the memoir #Keynes read to his Bloomsbury friends in September 1938 in the midst of the Sudeten crisis, Keynes looked back on the confident #rationalism of his pre-war youth and judged it ‘disastrously mistaken’.” open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
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“In ‘My Early Beliefs,’ the memoir #Keynes read to his Bloomsbury friends in September 1938 in the midst of the Sudeten crisis, Keynes looked back on the confident #rationalism of his pre-war youth and judged it ‘disastrously mistaken’.” open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
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Roko's Basilisk makes more sense if you consider that people are compelled to build Superintelligence as fast as possible, not because of fear of retribution from said Superintelligence, but for fear of being punished for not holding a stake in said Superintelligence.
It's more of a "permanent underclass" rather than "build God" position
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Roko's Basilisk makes more sense if you consider that people are compelled to build Superintelligence as fast as possible, not because of fear of retribution from said Superintelligence, but for fear of being punished for not holding a stake in said Superintelligence.
It's more of a "permanent underclass" rather than "build God" position
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Roko's Basilisk makes more sense if you consider that people are compelled to build Superintelligence as fast as possible, not because of fear of retribution from said Superintelligence, but for fear of being punished for not holding a stake in said Superintelligence.
It's more of a "permanent underclass" rather than "build God" position
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Roko's Basilisk makes more sense if you consider that people are compelled to build Superintelligence as fast as possible, not because of fear of retribution from said Superintelligence, but for fear of being punished for not holding a stake in said Superintelligence.
It's more of a "permanent underclass" rather than "build God" position
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Roko's Basilisk makes more sense if you consider that people are compelled to build Superintelligence as fast as possible, not because of fear of retribution from said Superintelligence, but for fear of being punished for not holding a stake in said Superintelligence.
It's more of a "permanent underclass" rather than "build God" position
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Most of History is what we wish to be, than what it is. Fact based history varies greatly compared to belief based history.
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Most of History is what we wish to be, than what it is. Fact based history varies greatly compared to belief based history.
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Most of History is what we wish to be, than what it is. Fact based history varies greatly compared to belief based history.
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Wang Chong: The Rationalist of Han China
The Self-Taught Rebel Born around 27 CE in Shangyu (modern-day Zhejiang) during the turbulent Eastern Han Dynasty, Wang Chong was a man of humble origins who could not afford to buy books. Instead, he stood at marketplace bookstalls, memorizing texts as he read them. This self-taught scholar rose to become one of the most radical thinkers in Chinese history, challenging the superstitious orthodoxy that dominated his era. While the court blamed ghosts, omens, and "Heaven's displeasure" for political corruption and natural disasters, Wang Chong dared to ask: "What is the evidence?"
Materialism and the Indifferent Universe Wang Chong’s central philosophical breakthrough was a mechanistic, materialist worldview. He argued that the universe operates according to fixed natural laws (qi), not divine will.
Heaven has no intention: Contrary to the prevailing belief that Heaven rewards virtue and punishes vice, Wang Chong asserted that Heaven is an impersonal, natural force. Earthquakes, floods, and comets are physical phenomena, not moral messages.
Human insignificance: Famously stating that "Man holds a place in the universe like that of a flea under a robe," he stripped humanity of its cosmic centrality. We are not the focus of a divine drama but tiny, transient parts of a vast, indifferent machine.
Rejection of Ghosts: He systematically dismantled ghost stories with logical rigor. If ghosts exist, he asked, why do they wear clothes (which have no spirit)? Why do they need food offerings? He attributed ghost sightings to psychological factors, fear, and hallucination.
Evidence Over Authority In an age where knowledge was derived from ancient texts and the authority of Confucius, Wang Chong introduced a proto-scientific method. He demanded concrete evidence and logical consistency for all claims.
Critique of Authority: He treated Confucius not as a divine sage but as a fallible human scholar who sometimes made mistakes.
The Scientific Method: His approach mirrored modern science: observe phenomena, form hypotheses, test against reason and experience, and reject claims without evidence.
Natural Explanations: Before invoking supernatural causes, he exhausted all natural possibilities. He explained medicine through physiology, not demonic possession, and astronomy through mechanics, not divine intervention.
Legacy: The Voice That Waited Despite his brilliance, Wang Chong was largely ignored and marginalized in his lifetime. His masterpiece, the Lunheng ("Balanced Enquiries"), containing 85 essays on everything from meteorology to ethics, was too dangerous for the establishment. However, his ideas survived underground, influencing later Neo-Daoist thinkers and resurfacing powerfully in the 19th and 20th centuries. Modern scholars recognize him as a pioneer of Chinese rationalism and empiricism, proving that the seeds of scientific thinking existed in East Asia long before the European Enlightenment.
To watch the lecture: https://tube.leshley.ca/w/tr2CNredCTN85BgTPuABDi
#WangChong #HanDynasty #ChinesePhilosophy #Philosophy #Rationalism -
Wang Chong: The Rationalist of Han China
The Self-Taught Rebel Born around 27 CE in Shangyu (modern-day Zhejiang) during the turbulent Eastern Han Dynasty, Wang Chong was a man of humble origins who could not afford to buy books. Instead, he stood at marketplace bookstalls, memorizing texts as he read them. This self-taught scholar rose to become one of the most radical thinkers in Chinese history, challenging the superstitious orthodoxy that dominated his era. While the court blamed ghosts, omens, and "Heaven's displeasure" for political corruption and natural disasters, Wang Chong dared to ask: "What is the evidence?"
Materialism and the Indifferent Universe Wang Chong’s central philosophical breakthrough was a mechanistic, materialist worldview. He argued that the universe operates according to fixed natural laws (qi), not divine will.
Heaven has no intention: Contrary to the prevailing belief that Heaven rewards virtue and punishes vice, Wang Chong asserted that Heaven is an impersonal, natural force. Earthquakes, floods, and comets are physical phenomena, not moral messages.
Human insignificance: Famously stating that "Man holds a place in the universe like that of a flea under a robe," he stripped humanity of its cosmic centrality. We are not the focus of a divine drama but tiny, transient parts of a vast, indifferent machine.
Rejection of Ghosts: He systematically dismantled ghost stories with logical rigor. If ghosts exist, he asked, why do they wear clothes (which have no spirit)? Why do they need food offerings? He attributed ghost sightings to psychological factors, fear, and hallucination.
Evidence Over Authority In an age where knowledge was derived from ancient texts and the authority of Confucius, Wang Chong introduced a proto-scientific method. He demanded concrete evidence and logical consistency for all claims.
Critique of Authority: He treated Confucius not as a divine sage but as a fallible human scholar who sometimes made mistakes.
The Scientific Method: His approach mirrored modern science: observe phenomena, form hypotheses, test against reason and experience, and reject claims without evidence.
Natural Explanations: Before invoking supernatural causes, he exhausted all natural possibilities. He explained medicine through physiology, not demonic possession, and astronomy through mechanics, not divine intervention.
Legacy: The Voice That Waited Despite his brilliance, Wang Chong was largely ignored and marginalized in his lifetime. His masterpiece, the Lunheng ("Balanced Enquiries"), containing 85 essays on everything from meteorology to ethics, was too dangerous for the establishment. However, his ideas survived underground, influencing later Neo-Daoist thinkers and resurfacing powerfully in the 19th and 20th centuries. Modern scholars recognize him as a pioneer of Chinese rationalism and empiricism, proving that the seeds of scientific thinking existed in East Asia long before the European Enlightenment.
To watch the lecture: https://tube.leshley.ca/w/tr2CNredCTN85BgTPuABDi
#WangChong #HanDynasty #ChinesePhilosophy #Philosophy #Rationalism -
Wang Chong: The Rationalist of Han China
The Self-Taught Rebel Born around 27 CE in Shangyu (modern-day Zhejiang) during the turbulent Eastern Han Dynasty, Wang Chong was a man of humble origins who could not afford to buy books. Instead, he stood at marketplace bookstalls, memorizing texts as he read them. This self-taught scholar rose to become one of the most radical thinkers in Chinese history, challenging the superstitious orthodoxy that dominated his era. While the court blamed ghosts, omens, and "Heaven's displeasure" for political corruption and natural disasters, Wang Chong dared to ask: "What is the evidence?"
Materialism and the Indifferent Universe Wang Chong’s central philosophical breakthrough was a mechanistic, materialist worldview. He argued that the universe operates according to fixed natural laws (qi), not divine will.
Heaven has no intention: Contrary to the prevailing belief that Heaven rewards virtue and punishes vice, Wang Chong asserted that Heaven is an impersonal, natural force. Earthquakes, floods, and comets are physical phenomena, not moral messages.
Human insignificance: Famously stating that "Man holds a place in the universe like that of a flea under a robe," he stripped humanity of its cosmic centrality. We are not the focus of a divine drama but tiny, transient parts of a vast, indifferent machine.
Rejection of Ghosts: He systematically dismantled ghost stories with logical rigor. If ghosts exist, he asked, why do they wear clothes (which have no spirit)? Why do they need food offerings? He attributed ghost sightings to psychological factors, fear, and hallucination.
Evidence Over Authority In an age where knowledge was derived from ancient texts and the authority of Confucius, Wang Chong introduced a proto-scientific method. He demanded concrete evidence and logical consistency for all claims.
Critique of Authority: He treated Confucius not as a divine sage but as a fallible human scholar who sometimes made mistakes.
The Scientific Method: His approach mirrored modern science: observe phenomena, form hypotheses, test against reason and experience, and reject claims without evidence.
Natural Explanations: Before invoking supernatural causes, he exhausted all natural possibilities. He explained medicine through physiology, not demonic possession, and astronomy through mechanics, not divine intervention.
Legacy: The Voice That Waited Despite his brilliance, Wang Chong was largely ignored and marginalized in his lifetime. His masterpiece, the Lunheng ("Balanced Enquiries"), containing 85 essays on everything from meteorology to ethics, was too dangerous for the establishment. However, his ideas survived underground, influencing later Neo-Daoist thinkers and resurfacing powerfully in the 19th and 20th centuries. Modern scholars recognize him as a pioneer of Chinese rationalism and empiricism, proving that the seeds of scientific thinking existed in East Asia long before the European Enlightenment.
To watch the lecture: https://tube.leshley.ca/w/tr2CNredCTN85BgTPuABDi
#WangChong #HanDynasty #ChinesePhilosophy #Philosophy #Rationalism -
Wang Chong: The Rationalist of Han China
The Self-Taught Rebel Born around 27 CE in Shangyu (modern-day Zhejiang) during the turbulent Eastern Han Dynasty, Wang Chong was a man of humble origins who could not afford to buy books. Instead, he stood at marketplace bookstalls, memorizing texts as he read them. This self-taught scholar rose to become one of the most radical thinkers in Chinese history, challenging the superstitious orthodoxy that dominated his era. While the court blamed ghosts, omens, and "Heaven's displeasure" for political corruption and natural disasters, Wang Chong dared to ask: "What is the evidence?"
Materialism and the Indifferent Universe Wang Chong’s central philosophical breakthrough was a mechanistic, materialist worldview. He argued that the universe operates according to fixed natural laws (qi), not divine will.
Heaven has no intention: Contrary to the prevailing belief that Heaven rewards virtue and punishes vice, Wang Chong asserted that Heaven is an impersonal, natural force. Earthquakes, floods, and comets are physical phenomena, not moral messages.
Human insignificance: Famously stating that "Man holds a place in the universe like that of a flea under a robe," he stripped humanity of its cosmic centrality. We are not the focus of a divine drama but tiny, transient parts of a vast, indifferent machine.
Rejection of Ghosts: He systematically dismantled ghost stories with logical rigor. If ghosts exist, he asked, why do they wear clothes (which have no spirit)? Why do they need food offerings? He attributed ghost sightings to psychological factors, fear, and hallucination.
Evidence Over Authority In an age where knowledge was derived from ancient texts and the authority of Confucius, Wang Chong introduced a proto-scientific method. He demanded concrete evidence and logical consistency for all claims.
Critique of Authority: He treated Confucius not as a divine sage but as a fallible human scholar who sometimes made mistakes.
The Scientific Method: His approach mirrored modern science: observe phenomena, form hypotheses, test against reason and experience, and reject claims without evidence.
Natural Explanations: Before invoking supernatural causes, he exhausted all natural possibilities. He explained medicine through physiology, not demonic possession, and astronomy through mechanics, not divine intervention.
Legacy: The Voice That Waited Despite his brilliance, Wang Chong was largely ignored and marginalized in his lifetime. His masterpiece, the Lunheng ("Balanced Enquiries"), containing 85 essays on everything from meteorology to ethics, was too dangerous for the establishment. However, his ideas survived underground, influencing later Neo-Daoist thinkers and resurfacing powerfully in the 19th and 20th centuries. Modern scholars recognize him as a pioneer of Chinese rationalism and empiricism, proving that the seeds of scientific thinking existed in East Asia long before the European Enlightenment.
To watch the lecture: https://tube.leshley.ca/w/tr2CNredCTN85BgTPuABDi
#WangChong #HanDynasty #ChinesePhilosophy #Philosophy #Rationalism -
Wang Chong: The Rationalist of Han China
The Self-Taught Rebel Born around 27 CE in Shangyu (modern-day Zhejiang) during the turbulent Eastern Han Dynasty, Wang Chong was a man of humble origins who could not afford to buy books. Instead, he stood at marketplace bookstalls, memorizing texts as he read them. This self-taught scholar rose to become one of the most radical thinkers in Chinese history, challenging the superstitious orthodoxy that dominated his era. While the court blamed ghosts, omens, and "Heaven's displeasure" for political corruption and natural disasters, Wang Chong dared to ask: "What is the evidence?"
Materialism and the Indifferent Universe Wang Chong’s central philosophical breakthrough was a mechanistic, materialist worldview. He argued that the universe operates according to fixed natural laws (qi), not divine will.
Heaven has no intention: Contrary to the prevailing belief that Heaven rewards virtue and punishes vice, Wang Chong asserted that Heaven is an impersonal, natural force. Earthquakes, floods, and comets are physical phenomena, not moral messages.
Human insignificance: Famously stating that "Man holds a place in the universe like that of a flea under a robe," he stripped humanity of its cosmic centrality. We are not the focus of a divine drama but tiny, transient parts of a vast, indifferent machine.
Rejection of Ghosts: He systematically dismantled ghost stories with logical rigor. If ghosts exist, he asked, why do they wear clothes (which have no spirit)? Why do they need food offerings? He attributed ghost sightings to psychological factors, fear, and hallucination.
Evidence Over Authority In an age where knowledge was derived from ancient texts and the authority of Confucius, Wang Chong introduced a proto-scientific method. He demanded concrete evidence and logical consistency for all claims.
Critique of Authority: He treated Confucius not as a divine sage but as a fallible human scholar who sometimes made mistakes.
The Scientific Method: His approach mirrored modern science: observe phenomena, form hypotheses, test against reason and experience, and reject claims without evidence.
Natural Explanations: Before invoking supernatural causes, he exhausted all natural possibilities. He explained medicine through physiology, not demonic possession, and astronomy through mechanics, not divine intervention.
Legacy: The Voice That Waited Despite his brilliance, Wang Chong was largely ignored and marginalized in his lifetime. His masterpiece, the Lunheng ("Balanced Enquiries"), containing 85 essays on everything from meteorology to ethics, was too dangerous for the establishment. However, his ideas survived underground, influencing later Neo-Daoist thinkers and resurfacing powerfully in the 19th and 20th centuries. Modern scholars recognize him as a pioneer of Chinese rationalism and empiricism, proving that the seeds of scientific thinking existed in East Asia long before the European Enlightenment.
To watch the lecture: https://tube.leshley.ca/w/tr2CNredCTN85BgTPuABDi
#WangChong #HanDynasty #ChinesePhilosophy #Philosophy #Rationalism -
I’m still really proud of this writing I did awhile back, and think it’s becoming relevant in new ways: what if #Rationalism was the real #infohazard all along?
https://www.patreon.com/posts/122843770 -
I’m still really proud of this writing I did awhile back, and think it’s becoming relevant in new ways: what if #Rationalism was the real #infohazard all along?
https://www.patreon.com/posts/122843770 -
I’m still really proud of this writing I did awhile back, and think it’s becoming relevant in new ways: what if #Rationalism was the real #infohazard all along?
https://www.patreon.com/posts/122843770 -
I’m still really proud of this writing I did awhile back, and think it’s becoming relevant in new ways: what if #Rationalism was the real #infohazard all along?
https://www.patreon.com/posts/122843770 -
How To Grow Old: Bertrand Russell on What Makes a Fulfilling Life
“If you can fall in love again and again,” Henry Miller wrote as he contemplated the measure of a life well lived on the precipice of turning eighty, “if you can forgive as well as forget, if you can keep from growing sour, surly, bitter and cynical… you’ve got it half licked.” Seven years earlier, the great British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel laureate Bertrand Russell (May 18, 1872–February 2, 1970) considered the same abiding question at the same […] -
How To Grow Old: Bertrand Russell on What Makes a Fulfilling Life
“If you can fall in love again and again,” Henry Miller wrote as he contemplated the measure of a life well lived on the precipice of turning eighty, “if you can forgive as well as forget, if you can keep from growing sour, surly, bitter and cynical… you’ve got it half licked.” Seven years earlier, the great British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel laureate Bertrand Russell (May 18, 1872–February 2, 1970) considered the same abiding question at the same […] -
How To Grow Old: Bertrand Russell on What Makes a Fulfilling Life
“If you can fall in love again and again,” Henry Miller wrote as he contemplated the measure of a life well lived on the precipice of turning eighty, “if you can forgive as well as forget, if you can keep from growing sour, surly, bitter and cynical… you’ve got it half licked.” Seven years earlier, the great British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel laureate Bertrand Russell (May 18, 1872–February 2, 1970) considered the same abiding question at the same […] -
How To Grow Old: Bertrand Russell on What Makes a Fulfilling Life
“If you can fall in love again and again,” Henry Miller wrote as he contemplated the measure of a life well lived on the precipice of turning eighty, “if you can forgive as well as forget, if you can keep from growing sour, surly, bitter and cynical… you’ve got it half licked.” Seven years earlier, the great British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel laureate Bertrand Russell (May 18, 1872–February 2, 1970) considered the same abiding question at the same […] -
How To Grow Old: Bertrand Russell on What Makes a Fulfilling Life
“If you can fall in love again and again,” Henry Miller wrote as he contemplated the measure of a life well lived on the precipice of turning eighty, “if you can forgive as well as forget, if you can keep from growing sour, surly, bitter and cynical… you’ve got it half licked.” Seven years earlier, the great British philosopher, mathematician, historian, and Nobel laureate Bertrand Russell (May 18, 1872–February 2, 1970) considered the same abiding question at the same […] -
It would have been a lot better, rather than becoming a Buddhist, if Ambedkar had shuned all religions, & promoted science & rationality.
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It would have been a lot better, rather than becoming a Buddhist, if Ambedkar had shuned all religions, & promoted science & rationality.
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It would have been a lot better, rather than becoming a Buddhist, if Ambedkar had shuned all religions, & promoted science & rationality.
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"I think, therefore I am." - René Descartes (1596 AD to 1650 AD)
Descartes lived during the Thirty Years' War and the Scientific Revolution. By using radical doubt, he established modern rationalism and mind-body dualism.
Source: Discourse on the Method (compiled via Google Gemini)
#GreatThinkers #philosophy #descartes #rationalism #mind #history #science
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"I think, therefore I am." - René Descartes (1596 AD to 1650 AD)
Descartes lived during the Thirty Years' War and the Scientific Revolution. By using radical doubt, he established modern rationalism and mind-body dualism.
Source: Discourse on the Method (compiled via Google Gemini)
#GreatThinkers #philosophy #descartes #rationalism #mind #history #science
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"I think, therefore I am." - René Descartes (1596 AD to 1650 AD)
Descartes lived during the Thirty Years' War and the Scientific Revolution. By using radical doubt, he established modern rationalism and mind-body dualism.
Source: Discourse on the Method (compiled via Google Gemini)
#GreatThinkers #philosophy #descartes #rationalism #mind #history #science
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"I think, therefore I am." - René Descartes (1596 AD to 1650 AD)
Descartes lived during the Thirty Years' War and the Scientific Revolution. By using radical doubt, he established modern rationalism and mind-body dualism.
Source: Discourse on the Method (compiled via Google Gemini)
#GreatThinkers #philosophy #descartes #rationalism #mind #history #science
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"I think, therefore I am." - René Descartes (1596 AD to 1650 AD)
Descartes lived during the Thirty Years' War and the Scientific Revolution. By using radical doubt, he established modern rationalism and mind-body dualism.
Source: Discourse on the Method (compiled via Google Gemini)
#GreatThinkers #philosophy #descartes #rationalism #mind #history #science
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Leibniz's 'Monadology' presents a rational system founded on creation from nothing. But in 'Principles of Nature and Grace' he admits: 'these are matters of faith, not reason.'
The emperor has no clothes.
👉 https://www.johnmackay.net/cod-thesis-c0220-gottfried-wilhelm-leibniz.htm
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Leibniz's 'Monadology' presents a rational system founded on creation from nothing. But in 'Principles of Nature and Grace' he admits: 'these are matters of faith, not reason.'
The emperor has no clothes.
👉 https://www.johnmackay.net/cod-thesis-c0220-gottfried-wilhelm-leibniz.htm
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Leibniz's 'Monadology' presents a rational system founded on creation from nothing. But in 'Principles of Nature and Grace' he admits: 'these are matters of faith, not reason.'
The emperor has no clothes.
👉 https://www.johnmackay.net/cod-thesis-c0220-gottfried-wilhelm-leibniz.htm
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Leibniz's 'Monadology' presents a rational system founded on creation from nothing. But in 'Principles of Nature and Grace' he admits: 'these are matters of faith, not reason.'
The emperor has no clothes.
👉 https://www.johnmackay.net/cod-thesis-c0220-gottfried-wilhelm-leibniz.htm
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Leibniz's 'Monadology' presents a rational system founded on creation from nothing. But in 'Principles of Nature and Grace' he admits: 'these are matters of faith, not reason.'
The emperor has no clothes.
👉 https://www.johnmackay.net/cod-thesis-c0220-gottfried-wilhelm-leibniz.htm
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Every now and then someone brings up #EffectiveAltruism, #TESCREAL, #RokosBasilisk, #Rationalism, or some other #Musk related nonsense. I ridicule it, or laugh, and move on. The whole evil god of Roko's Basilisk is so silly it doesn't feel worth writing about. But people started a whole cult over it and killed a bunch of people.
Since then I've been meaning to actually spend time tearing it down. So I think it's time to go kill a god. Fortunately it involves making fun of Elon Musk specifically and all the #AI-pilled #TechBros more generally, so that's nice I guess.
Also, I make the argument that we're all in a simulation that only exists to torture Elon Musk.
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Every now and then someone brings up #EffectiveAltruism, #TESCREAL, #RokosBasilisk, #Rationalism, or some other #Musk related nonsense. I ridicule it, or laugh, and move on. The whole evil god of Roko's Basilisk is so silly it doesn't feel worth writing about. But people started a whole cult over it and killed a bunch of people.
Since then I've been meaning to actually spend time tearing it down. So I think it's time to go kill a god. Fortunately it involves making fun of Elon Musk specifically and all the #AI-pilled #TechBros more generally, so that's nice I guess.
Also, I make the argument that we're all in a simulation that only exists to torture Elon Musk.
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Every now and then someone brings up #EffectiveAltruism, #TESCREAL, #RokosBasilisk, #Rationalism, or some other #Musk related nonsense. I ridicule it, or laugh, and move on. The whole evil god of Roko's Basilisk is so silly it doesn't feel worth writing about. But people started a whole cult over it and killed a bunch of people.
Since then I've been meaning to actually spend time tearing it down. So I think it's time to go kill a god. Fortunately it involves making fun of Elon Musk specifically and all the #AI-pilled #TechBros more generally, so that's nice I guess.
Also, I make the argument that we're all in a simulation that only exists to torture Elon Musk.
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Every now and then someone brings up #EffectiveAltruism, #TESCREAL, #RokosBasilisk, #Rationalism, or some other #Musk related nonsense. I ridicule it, or laugh, and move on. The whole evil god of Roko's Basilisk is so silly it doesn't feel worth writing about. But people started a whole cult over it and killed a bunch of people.
Since then I've been meaning to actually spend time tearing it down. So I think it's time to go kill a god. Fortunately it involves making fun of Elon Musk specifically and all the #AI-pilled #TechBros more generally, so that's nice I guess.
Also, I make the argument that we're all in a simulation that only exists to torture Elon Musk.
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Every now and then someone brings up #EffectiveAltruism, #TESCREAL, #RokosBasilisk, #Rationalism, or some other #Musk related nonsense. I ridicule it, or laugh, and move on. The whole evil god of Roko's Basilisk is so silly it doesn't feel worth writing about. But people started a whole cult over it and killed a bunch of people.
Since then I've been meaning to actually spend time tearing it down. So I think it's time to go kill a god. Fortunately it involves making fun of Elon Musk specifically and all the #AI-pilled #TechBros more generally, so that's nice I guess.
Also, I make the argument that we're all in a simulation that only exists to torture Elon Musk.
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Would it be rash of me to suggest that we are currently living in the Age of Rashionalism? A time when arguments and detractions are made in such haste because we lack tolerance for anyone being wrong on the internet. Also we no longer have the attention span required to think anything through.
It's a worry, but I can either laugh or cry.
#reason #argument #public #debate #rationalism #social #media #postEnlightenment #philosophy #politics #shortsightedness #economics #puns
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Would it be rash of me to suggest that we are currently living in the Age of Rashionalism? A time when arguments and detractions are made in such haste because we lack tolerance for anyone being wrong on the internet. Also we no longer have the attention span required to think anything through.
It's a worry, but I can either laugh or cry.
#reason #argument #public #debate #rationalism #social #media #postEnlightenment #philosophy #politics #shortsightedness #economics #puns
