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Uncertain Thinking, Certain Acting

Posted on 2023-02-222023-02-22

“How is someone supposed to be skeptical about their ideas, yet have the full confidence to commit to them?”

The Voice Inside Your Head

Posted on 2022-06-012023-05-23

There’s a voice inside your head. It’s always talking. You hear it.

It lies.

Autonomy

Posted on 2022-05-262022-06-14

Autonomy?…Are you the main character?…Predictable Life…Want Autonomy…Orders…Hierarchies…Voluntary everything…

There Somewhere

Posted on 2022-05-052022-06-12

We’re always going somewhere…

Abstractions

Posted on 2022-05-032022-05-26

A simple version of abstractions:
Atoms -> Molecules -> Cells -> Trees -> Forests
You want to be able to think(process) in multiple levels of abstractions.

Yet It May Still Be False

Posted on 2022-05-032022-06-12

…yet it may still be false.

More Rational

Posted on 2022-05-032022-06-12

People sometimes act rationally;
People rarely think rational;
People don’t meta-reason, at all.

Clear Thinking

Posted on 2022-05-032022-05-26

We don’t think clearly…Clear thinkers are functionally more intelligent…What clear thinking looks like.

On Justice

Posted on 2022-04-252022-05-26

What’s fair?…Justice is the middle ground…Injustice leads to conflict…Justice is moral sentiment across society.

Complete Free Will

Posted on 2022-04-152022-05-27

True free will is ownership.

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