Pete Mandik
@petemandik
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Freestanding utility protein. https://t.co/apJUV1Do1J
Dying Earth
Joined July 2009
The Persuaders will be live again tomorrow at 1pm EST, 6pm GMT, when they will asking if our beliefs are formed by rational processes and if it matters. The Truth Demon may also put in an appearance.
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non-English speakers are immortal because “kick the bucket” is idiomatic English
@hastifliche My point was more that “for X's sake” is an idiomatic phrase in English, and it doesn't make sense to look at “sake” alone, removed from its context. Why should we even consider the idea that “sake” in this phrase could ‘exist’ in the first place?
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it takes a few centuries to accumulate a cult slavish worshippers
Why have there been so few great philosophers born in the last 100 years? Answers of no more than one sentence please.
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i knowww this take will be universally hated but i negatively update on the iq of anyone who believes in qualia or the hard problem of consciousness
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Cool exchange between my former colleage at the OU @keithfrankish and @petemandik on why consciousness is not magic - plus calling bullshit on Searle's chinese room. 5: Our weird beliefs about consciousness https://t.co/oZpW1qcAxz via @YouTube
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The argument for clear language is that it is a courtesy to our fellow humans to find common ground and build up from there. The argument against clear language is that the excrescence of posthumous digestion overdetermines the blandishments of particulated Being-seeming.
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This afternoon at 1pm (Eastern) @keithfrankish and @petemandik discuss the weird views of consciousness they defend in Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny. Live! Must watch TV (YouTube) as they say in the industry. #philosophy #Consciousness
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Many doubt robots can be intelligent or conscious. Philosopher @petemandik explains why they are almost certainly wrong. Read his chapter Conscious Intelligent Robots Are Virtually Inevitable in Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny! @routledgebooks (20% off code 25SMA3):
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This is both an excellent brief breakdown of Kant and also a terrific explanation of why you can safely ignore Kant.
@TutorVals I unironically like Kant's work and I think he's right about a lot of things. But whether it'd be worth a non-philosopher's time to read him would depend on their interests. If you do read him, you have to give him quite a bit of undeserved latitude and have some faith that
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Consciousness is the smallest and least important part of the mind. It is simply the contents of perception and thought immediately available to attention. Most mental life is unconscious.
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I’ve been raptured and I’m happy to report that the wifi up here is fantastic.
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I have appropriated the Gen-Z stare and have never before felt so free.
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Happy Friday! "In The Flat Field" - Bauhaus. Noisy, as nature intended
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It seems that the entirety of Philosophy Twitter has stopped Philosophy Twittering. Please advise.
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Poopin’ for the Lord!
Spicy kebabs got me pooping at 4 am 🥵🔥 💩 ☺️
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Now I can reread these puppies as AI audio in my Speechify app! Yay!!
Xenoerotics and Snuff Memories now free to download as pdf's from links on Schism[2]'s tumblr page.
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Q: What do duck-rabbits eat? A: …
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