Egoism in Disguise
Epistemic status: moderately certain, but open to being convinced otherwise tl;dr: any ethical system that relies on ethical intuitions is just egoism that’s given a veneer of objectivity....
View ArticleWhy Are So Many Rationalists Polyamorous?
Last week, Jacob Falkovich, of the Putanumonit blog, put up a post trying to figure out why rationalists are disproportionately polyamorous. He notes that about 5% of Americans engage in consensual...
View ArticleNew York Times, Please do not Doxx Scott Alexander
The following is an email I wrote to New York Times technology editor Pui-Wing Tam, whose email is pui-wing.tam@nytimes.com. Inspired by Zvi Mowshowitz. Dear Ms. Tam: As you probably know by now, one...
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Stop Spinozing
Spinoze, verb (-ed, -ing) to use language associated with a popular idea to describe a less popular idea Don’t be that guy Baruch Spinoza was a 17th-century philosopher who was born in Amsterdam and...
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In Defense of Relationship Libertarianism
Well, it’s finally happened that relationship anarchy has gotten popular enough to start fracturing. This post from Kalasutra has been getting passed around some online RA spaces (and apparently was...
View ArticlePredictions for 2021
In the spirit of SlateStarCodex, here are my predictions for 2021. I am using round numbers for all predictions for ease of calculation. Coronavirus: Everyone in the US who wants a vaccine will be...
View ArticleBayesian Charity
In philosophy, the Principle of Charity is a technique in which you evaluate your opponent’s position as if it made the most amount of sense possible given the wording of the argument. That is, if you...
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Seriously, Stop Telling Fat People to be Thin
Previously: Stop Telling Fat People to be Thin, Bill Maher is Wrong About Fat Shaming Doctors tend to prescribe weight loss for a wide range of medical issues (or no issues at all other than...
View ArticleCovid Confrontation
A sequel to this. To the tune of: PATIENT 23:It’s May, at last the CDC agreesWe can go and rejoin our social scenes EPIDEMIOLOGIST:Before you say another word, my friendBefore you take off your mask...
View ArticleHow to Make ADHD-Friendly Games
Read on Substack here As regular readers know, I have ADHD. I also play a lot of video games. So I have thoughts about game design. This is mostly going to be a series of gripes about poor game...
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