Unintended Message of the New Iran War
February 28, 2026—The BBC reported a heart-wrenching social-media message from an Iranian in the wake of the US-Israeli attack on Iran: “If I die, don’t forget that we exist too […]
Tag Archives: philosophy
Debunking AI Myths: A Review of ‘The AI Con’
February 23, 2026—Last Monday, I wrote about the idea of intelligence and mentioned that I was in the midst of reading The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype […]
Humans, Octopi, Bees, Gods, and Artificial Intelligence
February 16, 2026—We like to think of ourselves as the apex of biological intelligence—at least here on Earth. That’s certainly true if we measure it on a scale that is […]
Digital Resolutions
January 1, 2026 – Happy New Year. It’s time for some new years resolutions. My resolutions for 2026 are loosely based on a book my son gave me for Chrismukkah […]
Atonement for the Sin of Exhaustion
September 22, 2025 – I’m a Jew but not a believer. I gave up most ritual observance years ago and I don’t attend services. But I do still hold on […]
Heads, I Win . . . There Is No Other Side of the Coin
2022-02-07 – We had a conversation with a COVID vaccine “skeptic.” This person is not an anti-vaxxer. She and her family are vaccinated. But she’s “done.” She doesn’t want anymore […]
If a Monkey Hoarded More Bananas . . .
2022-01-03 – There’s a meme going around: “If a monkey hoarded more bananas than it could eat, while most of the other monkeys starved, scientists would study that monkey to […]
Donald Trump and Schrödinger’s Cat
2020-08-13 – I’ve noticed recently that Donald Trump isn’t the only one who confuses evidence and truth. He confuses truth with many things, but I’m just focusing on the evidence […]
The Truth That Rich People Don’t Want You to Know
2020-08-03 – They talk a lot about competition and the invisible hand of Adam Smith and, yes, selfishness. Selfishness and invisible hands are what created the marvels of the modern […]
Overthrowing the Ruling Class?
2020-07-10 – Just saw the following headline: “Do you ever just wonder what it would be like if we overthrew the ruling class.” It didn’t have a question mark, but […]
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