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Violence and legitimacy: The assassination of Brian Thompson
Of olfactory ethics and oaf-factory hysterics.
AI makes scientists more productive and less happy
Scott Alexander's "Prison And Crime: Much More Than You Wanted To Know": My Thoughts
I have a question for those supporting Israel's actions (Revisited)
There are questions about our feelings not even God could determine
When Hatred and Fear Mask as Indignation
For more lifeboats: The only just academic job market is a tight academic job market
Why the truth or falsity of moral realism is an unresolved empirical question
Lesser evilism is not endorsing genocide
The tough are those too cowardly to face tragedy
If you were omniscient you would be a consequentialist
(Extremely NSFW) The movement to annul the marriage of Riley Reid
Has Bayesianism made traditional epistemology obsolete? (Revisited)
On the right to steal for the preservation of dignity and life (revisited)
For communism and against foreclosure on the future (revisited)
Existential tragedies, a partial list (revisited)
You will die, so you should love
What's coming from Philosophy Bear: The Philosophy Bear revisited series
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak: That people are fundamentally oriented to the good
Longtermism versus the poor and vulnerable? Or, how we can rise to the height of our halo.
Ask me anything about OCD specifically
The severity of OCD's effect on happiness
Raygun deserves better than this because we all deserve better than this
It appears Twitter (X) provides a slur pass for users with 30,000 or more followers
Parelthonology and the victory of love over history
Create worlds unto others as you would have created unto you: A speculative ethics and metacosmology
Biden must go says Bear Council
Failing Keith Starmer can't beat Corbyn's average despite record anti-Tory sentiment
A king, two vizziers and a courtier: Abstract reflections on the debate
Paul Gomberg (UC Davis), "Anti-Racism as Communism"
Can an LLM be a philosopher? I gave one a chance.
Trying to escape death through cryonics is not a left/right thing
Reflections on discovering someone I know did something awful
What do you people want from me???!!! (But in a nice way)
Notes of Many Things 3: Bride of Notes of Many Things
From the Archives: The Heritage Foundation Economic Freedom Index is bad
Who, exactly, are the effective accelerationists?
Death, here is thy sting. Grave, here is thy victory.
Notes that made the cut, plus music I like
On sometimes being a grizzly bear
Regarding Sam Altman: Stop being silly. You don't know any of these people.
FYI, you can currently access the most capable, publicly available LLM for free
Short postscript on lithium experimentation
Sketch of a design for an experimental study on the effects of Lithium in drinking water
Effective Meta-Altruism: Notes towards a new project
Advice to a frustrated leftist intellectual
Debating affirmative action in universities is pointless and just makes things worse
Has Aella confirmed a very old theory in psychology?: Introducing the high psychoticism right
You really are more likely to be killed by a random human male than a random Grizzly bear
How do political views relate to impartial generosity: A study
Laws are silent in unjust war: Student protests for Palestine and the original fantasy of liberalism
Philosophy Bear begs for a little help with a project
Charity, game theory, politics & religion: More on impartial altruism and political views
Goodbye to the future of humanity! (Institute)
Have you tried talking to people about what you believe?
Just ask and I will make you any song you want through Suno
El Salvador: the costs and benefits of a crackdown
The "privacy paradox" and what privacy discourse misses plus other notes on privacy
We should protect privacy because it lets people get away with crime and other wrongdoings
You’re not going to stop AI by pretending to be unimpressed by it: rant
The moral urgency of a good study on cold showers and depression & anxiety
Aella: In defence of a birthday girl
Impartial giving, a la Effective Alturism, is not a politically neutral idea (v. short)
A bear is confused about desire
On creativity and language models
Notes on a Jacobin article about AI killing everyone
The Food Pile Guard who could not know: a tragedy
Most general advice is bad: A conjecture
The internet amnesty: A proposal
Short comment on beauty and cash