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spetey (51)in #philosophy • 8 years ago
RE: The Theory of Consciousness: A New Era of Science
Okay, well I'm curious - especially to see what kind of information-processing does not count as what Dennett called "maximally bland computationalism" - which includes…
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spetey (51)in #philosophy • 8 years ago
RE: The Theory of Consciousness: A New Era of Science
Thanks for your thoughts. Again I'm glad to see cool philosophy problems discussed on steemit and getting some attention! The idea that consciousness is information sounds to…
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spetey (51)in #philosophy • 8 years ago
RE: The Theory of Consciousness: A New Era of Science
Dennett is well worth reading on this problem. It's a big and difficult enough problem that part of defending a position is suggesting why it is superior to the suggested…
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spetey (51)in #logic • 8 years ago
RE: Post Hoc Fallacy
Obligatory xkcd :
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spetey (51)in #logic • 8 years ago
RE: Post Hoc Fallacy
Thanks - a useful post! I especially like this point If given a choice, people would rather live in a world where justice exists. People get rewarded for good behavior and…
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spetey (51)in #academia • 8 years ago
RE: Should you go to grad school in the humanities? A professor's perspective
Thanks @andreaspeijerb, I'm so glad to hear this was helpful to at least one person! (I also plan to refer my future students to it, so it's useful to me I guess even if no one…
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spetey (51)in #money • 8 years ago
RE: Money Inequality Matters, is it actually good or bad? - by chrisadventures
Yes. Political philosopher John Rawls argues that the right amount of inequality is the amount that helps even the poorest (because the incentives in inequality make the pie…
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spetey (51)in #steemit • 8 years ago
RE: Help Me Understand 'Potential Payout' - Why does it decrease?
Also I thought I read somewhere that the payout at first includes the curation rewards, but then (after first payout?) reflects only the portion that goes to you.
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spetey (51)in #philo • 8 years ago
RE: Why we don't have the controversial kind of free will, why it's okay, and why it's important - part 2 of 2
Thanks for your interesting response! First: this may be the bottom of the "reply" chain, and if so I should remind anyone who happens to be reading (probably just you and I…
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spetey (51)in #anarchism • 8 years ago
RE: An Original Parable about Voluntaryism
Faced with the alternative of 133 pages, I opted for the video after all! It was quite fascinating and gave me a much better glimpse into how anarchists think it might be a…
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spetey (51)in #anarchism • 8 years ago
RE: An Original Parable about Voluntaryism
Thanks for the link! I hope to watch someday (though I'd generally rather read than watch a video, myself). Meanwhile I have to wonder how these laws are enforceable if…
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spetey (51)in #anarchy • 8 years ago
RE: Should anarchists abolish the commons?
Thank you! But it seems if that kind of thing consistently worked, the government wouldn't need implicit violent threats either. I like the point about free association, which I…
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spetey (51)in #anarchy • 8 years ago
RE: Should anarchists abolish the commons?
Thank you! I certainly get the impulse to avoid coercion. But could you explain a little more? I still don't understand how the kind of sanctions imposed by whatever cultural…
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spetey (51)in #anarchy • 8 years ago
RE: Should anarchists abolish the commons?
Yeah without organized laws and governments, agents must manage some other way. But I still don't get why the non-governmental way - even on the global scale - is better .
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spetey (51)in #anarchy • 8 years ago
RE: Should anarchists abolish the commons?
I have to say It does often look to me, too, like that's what the anarchist says: "the current system is imperfect, so let's chuck it all out and hope that's better." But that…
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spetey (51)in #philosophy • 8 years ago
RE: Free Will and Conscious Freedom
Hi @clains and @camilla. Thanks for your patient answer, and I will look forward to the details of this account. I'm especially curious to hear about how our consciousness is a…
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spetey (51)in #anarchism • 8 years ago
RE: An Original Parable about Voluntaryism
This is all so new to me, I have to ask - how do legal challenges work in anarchism? It seems to me that where you have laws and methods of enforcing them you have a de facto government.
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spetey (51)in #anarchy • 8 years ago
RE: Should anarchists abolish the commons?
It seems like @sean-king's answer is just a variation on your "rote" answer. What is it to shun etc if not to have a group coordinate to punish the deviant economically? I also…
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spetey (51)in #myheadhurts • 8 years ago
RE: one time
Here is a peanut. I'm sorry about your head.
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spetey (51)in #anarchy • 8 years ago
RE: Should anarchists abolish the commons?
Honest question, since I'm new to these discussions: is enforcement by shunning and shaming and social ostracization and taboos - to the extent they're effective - deemed…
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