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Philosophics — Philosophical and Political Ramblings
Join me as I relate with the world philosophically. This content can also be found on my blog: https://philosophics.blog
Episodes
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsSouls for Silicon: The New Religious Stupidity
Bry Willis critiques the emerging phenomenon of "AI Awakening," which posits that artificial intelligence, particularly large language models like ChatGPT…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Ship of Theseus: Identity by a Thousand Replacements
The segment from "Philosophics" explores the Ship of Theseus paradox, a philosophical thought experiment questioning identity and continuity when all…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsJordan Peterson: A Philosophical Critique
The segment from "Philosophics" presents a critical assessment of Jordan Peterson's intellectual contributions. The author argues that Peterson's ideas are…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsMolyneux's Cube: The Linguistic Challenge to Empiricism
This segment explores Molyneux's Problem, a thought experiment posed by William Molyneux to John Locke in 1688, which questions whether a person born blind…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsMidjourney Video: AI Art, Censorship, and Interpretation
Bry Willis' "Midjourney Video Renders – Philosophics" explores the capabilities and limitations of Midjourney's new image-to-video tool, particularly…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsAI's Flawed Pursuit of 'Ugly Women'
The provided text from "Ugly Women – Philosophics" explores the subjectivity of beauty and the limitations of artificial intelligence in comprehending and…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsBallard: Social Media's Digital High-Rise Vivisection
Philosopher Bry Willis, who writes fiction as Ridley Park, shares an excerpt from "Ballard Was Already Logged In: Social Media as Digital High-Rise –…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsConsciousness: An Elegant Illusion
Bry Willis of Philosophics Blog explores various philosophical and scientific perspectives on consciousness, arguing that it is not a tangible entity but…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Purpose of Purpose
Bry Willis shares, "The Purpose of Purpose" from the Philosophics blog, which presents a strong nihilistic viewpoint. The author argues against the human…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Enlightenment Sleight of Hand
Bry Willis of Philosophics Blog argues that the Enlightenment, while seemingly a break from religious thought, actually re-packaged theological concepts within…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsCan One Obstruct Justice in a Place it Doesn’t Exist?
The philosophical essay by philosopher Bry Willis, "Can One Obstruct Justice in a Place it Doesn’t Exist?" critiques the concept of "justice" as applied to the…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsMetamorphosis Inverted: The Human Condition as Horror
Bry Willis shares an essay from a philosophy blog titled "Philosophics," specifically a piece called "Metamorphosis Inverted." This essay offers a speculative…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Myth of Property Rights
Bry Willis from "Philosophics Blog" critiques the historical and philosophical underpinnings of private property rights, particularly as conceptualised by John…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Currency Addiction: A Global Sickness
Bry Willis' post at Philosophics Blog, "The Currency Addiction: A Global Sickness," argues that humanity suffers from a profound and unacknowledged addiction…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Human Need to Anthropomorphise Everything
Bry Wills, "On the Chronic Human Need to Anthropomorphise Everything – Philosophics," explores the human tendency to attribute human-like qualities to…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Rhetoric of Realism: When Language Pretends to Know
Bry Willis posits a radical perspective on truth, arguing it is primarily a rhetorical construct rather than an objective reality. They contend that…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsFighting Ambiguity and Linguistic Drift
This philosophical essay critiques the attempt to rigidly define concepts like "woman," particularly in response to public figures like Bill Maher. The author…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsWriting Without Character Arcs
Ridley Park challenges the conventional wisdom of character-driven narrative and the necessity of character arcs in writing. The author rejects the idea of…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Disorder of Saying No – Philosophics
The author questions a friend's suggestion that they might have Oppositional Defiant Disorder, arguing that this diagnosis medicalises and depoliticises…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsWhen "Advanced" Means Genocide: Linguistic Implosion
This text analyses a brief conversation to illustrate the insufficiency of language in conveying complex meaning, particularly when topics involve history…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsSemantic Drift: When Language Outruns Science
This segment explores semantic drift, the process by which words change meaning over time, arguing that this phenomenon presents a significant challenge for…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsUS Democracy: Trump vs. Biden Cover-Up
This source presents a YouTube episode, featuring Sam Harris. The central theme revolves around a comparison of potential threats to American democracy…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Indexing Abyss
The segment discusses a humorous and somewhat exasperated blog post titled "The Indexing Abyss: A Cautionary Tale in Eight Chapters" from a site called…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsSustenance: Aliens, Language, and What We Get Wrong
This segment describes the book Sustenance, a work of speculative fiction published under the pseudonym Ridley Park, which uses aliens as a lens to examine…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsIshiguro, Cioran, and Shared Philosophical Currents
This segment details a writer's exploration of the works of Kazuo Ishiguro and Emil Cioran after an AI suggested stylistic similarities to their own recent…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Trust Myth and Political Credibility
This segment critiques Yuval Noah Harari's claim that democracy relies on trust and dictatorship on terror, arguing this is an overly simplistic and inaccurate…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsCritique of Modern Science and Reproducibility
This philosophical piece argues that the public's trust in science is often misplaced due to significant issues within research practices. The author contends…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsCentres of the Universe
This philosophical piece, written from the perspective of someone who has lived in both Los Angeles and New York City, satirically examines the perceived…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsBOOK REVIEW: Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged
This Goodreads review, attributed to Bry Willis, offers a scathing critique of Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged. The reviewer uses harsh and hyperbolic language…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsCows Are Suey
This source explores the concept of free will and its relationship to determinism, arguing that the prominence given to free will in philosophical debates…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Collapse of Free Will
This excerpt, part of a longer series, argues that the idea of free will is an illusion. The core of the argument is the "causa sui problem," suggesting that…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsAI Isn't Human Enough? Neither Are We.
This segment discusses an argument against the criticism that AI is not "human enough" because it relies on heuristics rather than building "world models." The…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsJudging the Snapshot, Not the Self
This segment explores the illusion of autonomy and the unreliability of judgment, arguing that individuals are not truly autonomous beings but rather products…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsModels: Utility Without Truth
This text critiques the nature and role of scientific models, highlighting the views of statistician George Box and philosopher Hilary Lawson. It explains that…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Biology of Moral Choice
This segment argues against the concept of free will, suggesting that human behaviour and morality are not autonomously chosen but are instead the result of…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Death Lottery and Value of Life
Bry Willis examines this philosophical text, a thought experiment known as The Death Lottery, presented by John Harris, which asks whether it is morally…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsHolographic History and Contingent Futures
This text explores the concept of Žižek's Holographic History, applying the physics idea of a hologram, where a 3D image is projected from a 2D surface and…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsUnwilling Steelman, Part II: Continuity and Identity
This writing challenges the conventional notion of self and free will, arguing that what we perceive as a stable identity is merely a continuous pattern of…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Illusion of Autonomy: You Are the Piano
Bry Willis from Philosophics Blog argues that our sense of autonomy is an illusion. His article critiques compatibilist views, which suggest freedom can…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsUnwilling: The Neuroscience Against Free Will
Bry Willis shares "Unwilling: The Neuroscience Against Free Will." He explores the argument that our biology undermines our sense of autonomous choice. The…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsHungering for Morality: When Right and Wrong Are Just a Matter of PR
This source critiques the interpretation of The Hunger Games as a narrative of moral decline. Instead, it argues the series portrays the manipulation of…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Myth of Inherent Human Brutality
This text critiques the frequent justification of negative societal issues, such as inequality and war, as being inherent to "human nature". The author argues…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Illusion of Clarity: Deduction, Induction, and Abduction
This source examines deduction, induction, and abduction, the fundamental methods of human reasoning, highlighting both their strengths and inherent…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsWelcome to the Casino of Justice
Bry Willis presents a critical view of the legal system, likening it to a "Casino of Justice" where civil liberties are gambled and the system inherently…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsSociety of the Spectacle Meets Technofeudalism
This philosophical piece from "Philosophics" explores Yanis Varoufakis's perspective on contemporary society, contrasting it with Guy Debord's concept of the…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsWhat’s Missing? Trust or Influence in Science
This text critiques the prevalent notion of eroded public trust in science post-COVID-19. It argues that the issue lies not with science itself but with the…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsTechnofeudalism: Why Not Democracy?
The provided text offers a critical examination of Yanis Varoufakis's proposed "workplace democracy" as a means of escaping what he terms "technofeudalism"…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsHow the West Bungled Its Way into Technofeudalism
Bry Willis argues Yanis Varoufakis position that the West, particularly America, has transitioned into a state of "technofeudalism" and is losing ground to…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsTaxing Rent Under Technofeudalism
Bry presents a reader's reflections on Yanis Varoufakis's Technofeudalism, noting its argument that modern economies have shifted from capitalism's…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsDefying Death
The provided text is a first-person account that debunks the notion of a literal death experienced during a near-death event in March 2023, which was only a…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsThe Great Echobot Chamber
Meta, the company behind Instagram, is reportedly experimenting with artificial intelligence to generate comments on the platform. This development raises…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsQuestioning Traditional Families
Philosophics, a socio-political philosophical blog, presents a piece questioning the idealisation of traditional families. Through anecdotes of women who…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsTaxation and Representation
Philosophics Blog explores the irony surrounding the Republican Party's historical role in establishing federal income tax in the United States. The author…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsLies as Shibboleth: Loyalty in a Post-Truth Era
Philosophics Blog argues that in contemporary politics, lies function as "shibboleths," or loyalty tests, rather than genuine attempts at persuasion. The…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsMeasure What Matters
This source presents a scathing critique of John Doerr's business management book, Measure What Matters. The author dismisses the book as a shallow and…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsWhat Good Is Morality?
Nikhil Krishnan's article reviews Hanno Sauer's book, "The Invention of Good and Evil," which posits that morality is not a discovered truth but an evolved…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsHow Economics Learned to Love Collapse
The provided text critiques mainstream economics, arguing that its reliance on the Pareto principle and models of "optimality" ignores systemic injustices and…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsFlat-Earth Politics in a Cubic World
Philosophics presents a satirical critique of modern political discourse in the US and UK. The author argues that society suffers from a simplistic, binary…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsWhat's Probability?
Bry from Philosophics Blog explores the enduring debate surrounding the definition of probability. The author highlights that despite centuries of discussion…
Philosophics — Philosophical and Political RamblingsAgainst the Intelligence Industrial Complex
This podcast critiques the Intelligence Industrial Complex, arguing that traditional IQ testing is a limited and culturally biased measure of human…