Bits

Mind

• Answer Patterns Framework: How answers are structured and intended.
• Noam Chomsky: Some thoughts on Noam Chomsky’s work.
• Cold Logic: Rigid reasoning that sacrifices empathy and human dignity for strict efficiency.
• Comfort and Biases: Table of biases and the fundamental beliefs on which they might be based.
• Computation: Bits on computation.
• Cultural Cognition: How cultural values and group identities shape how people interpret facts and evidence.
• Human Core Challenges: The biological, social, and entropy-based limitations that shape humanity.
• Daniel Dennett: Some thoughts on Daniel Dennett’s work.
• Desire: Some thoughts on human desire.
• Detecting Baloney: How to recognize flawed arguments, manipulative rhetoric, and unsupported claims.
• Edge Website: A comment on the Edge website.
• Famous Quotes: Notable quotes for reflection.
• Famous Lessons: Smart thinking shortcuts.
• Free Will: Examining free will through Harris vs. Dennett.
• Limits of Bias: Recognizing that common psychological tendencies are not universal and can be resisted.
• Optimism: Some famous optimism quotes, en Español.
• Pseudoscience: Bits on pseudoscience.
• Reflexivity: What reflexivity is, and strategies for enhancing it.
• Roger Penrose: Some thoughts on Roger Penrose’s work.
• Science: Bits on science.
• Steven Pinker: Some thoughts on Steven Pinker’s work.
• Viral Truth: Bits on ensuring truth spreads faster than misinformation.