This is silly. If everyone followed the “new paradigm,” no one would work for all the new companies these entrepreneurs are starting.

There doesn’t seem to be a whole lot that logically follows from the claim that: the arguments for God are unpersuasive. So what are you talking about?

Feeling like we're living in the backstory of a sci-fi dystopia? @GaryMarcus, one of AI's most respected skeptics, offers a grounded guide. Join him & host @bsgallagher to understand AI's actual capabilities vs. the industry's narrative. Gain clarity. https://t.co/vIHhpTzpjI

Are people incapable of reading page numbers now?

Hello, police department? I’d like to report a hate crime.

This is great. It shows the suppleness of human emotion. She’s moved to tears by the story, yet at the same time can laugh at herself for being so affected by a work of fiction.

Getting very excited for this one, coming up soon, November 5! Don’t wait to grab tix.

Best part of “Interstellar” is still the fact that Christopher Nolan spent $100K to plant 500 acres of real corn in Alberta (instead of using CGI to recreate a field). Then, sold the corn for a profit after filming. Remains most profitable commodities trade in Hollywood history.

Hmm, I find this set up slightly—for lack of a better term—repulsive. The lit shelves remind me of the produce section of a grocery store, or the book section of an airport.

Forget hype. What does the science of mind ('Kluge,' 'The Algebraic Mind') reveal about AI's real limits? Join cognitive scientist @GaryMarcus & host @bsgallagher for a deep dive into why current AI struggles & what's needed for true intelligence.

🎯"#Nietzsche provides an account of skepticism as a regulative virtue, showing how skeptical traits are related to other intellectual virtues—such as honesty, courage, and curiosity—in regulating the motivation for knowledge"

The anonymity is unhelpful. When you identify yourself as a philanthropist, it encourages more philanthropy. Remaining unnamed is faux-humility and ineffective altruism.

New version of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Dualism is now live! This update was a huge job, and there’s still plenty I’d like to improve in the next version, but this will have to do until 2030.

Often, when I would try to describe to people what being a philosopher is like, I wouldn't have a resource to share with them. This is one of the reasons I started What Is It Like to Be a Philosopher? Still, when people would ask me for something to read, I found it difficult to

The death of philosopher Helen De Cruz leaves a gaping hole--in the world of philosophy but most of all in the life of her family. It's heartbreaking to see Helen's children left without her. Please consider donating or sharing their story. Every bit helps. Thank you.

Democracy is a beautiful, ugly, necessary thing. That’s how I’d sum up my politics.

Scott’s a good, smart dude

I’m both so it’s all good 😏

For this week's @NewYorker, I wrote about the centuries-old project (surprisingly successful, at times) of recovering long-lost myths from fragments in language, historical texts, and modern stories.

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