“We will gradually become indifferent to what goes on in the minds of other people when we acquire a knowledge of the superficial nature of their thoughts, the narrowness of their views, and of the number of their errors. Whoever attaches a lot of value to the opinions of others pays them too much honor.” [...]
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Shit Skeptics Say
I feel like this guy is what I’ve become over the past few years. It’s a pretty hilarious video. I could definitely be friends with someone like this.
Baseball, Free Will, and the Nature of Existence
Sean Carroll has managed to touch on three of my favorite subjects in one, albeit cumbersome, blog post. Here’s an excerpt: We talk about the world using different levels of description, appropriate to the question of interest. Some levels might be thought of as “fundamental” and others as “emergent,” but they are all there. Does [...]
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