Tag: world
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Instead of Netflix and Chill, Do This
One way to figure out what works for humans is to think about the hunter gatherers. We were hunter gatherers for most of human history. Civilization is so new, most of our dead ancestors shake their heads in disbelief about how weird the kids have turned out. It is true though that we evolved for…
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Understanding “Understanding” and the Definition of “Definition”
In the last post I said that I understood life and the world pretty well. That is a grand claim. Based on what I’ve seen, most academic philosophers try to avoid such claims. I once heard a professional philosopher on a podcast say, “I don’t know what philosophy is.” “So you’re charging students to teach…
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A Simple Introduction to My Project
I’ve tried to explain what I’m doing on the Home page and the Start Here page. But I realize now that it still might be confusing to a new visitor: What exactly is this project? As Einstein (supposedly) said, “If you can’t explain something simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” Every time I try…
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Us Stupid Human Beings
What is it about us humansthat we feel the need to conquer everything?We want to be the kings of everywhere.We want to own everything.We want to win every time. That’s not how other animals behave.Lions know they’ll be murdered one dayby younger lions on the prowland their children will be sacrificedso that the mothers have…
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Rudya Aditya 