Apr 9, 2023
Just as in the last episode, this is one of several standalone
essays by David Chapman I'm incorporating into the unwritten
sections of In The Cells Of The Eggplant, for the audiobook
version. It fits well into Part 4: Taking Meta-Rationality
Seriously.
Rationality requires judging whether a system of reasoning
applies to a situation — but that judgement cannot be
systematic!
Links mentioned in this episode:
A webcomic by Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal about
probability:
David Chapman's essay, "Nutrition offers its resignation. And
the reply":
"July 4th And The Extraordinary Providential Deaths Of John
Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe", a textbook example of
religious eternalism, political eternalism, and rationalist
eternalism, all rolled into one:
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