Overcoming Bias: Why Not?
In a recent New Atlantis essay, “In Defense of Prejudice, Sort of,” I criticized what I call the new rationalism:...
Tag: rationality
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Robin Hanson on Why We Should “Forget 9/11”
A few days ago, on the tenth anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attack, George Mason University economics...
History, 9/11 Relics, and “Technological Superstition”
Isn’t it strange how this castle changes as soon as one imagines that Hamlet lived here? As scientists we believe...
There Is No ‘Undo’ Button for the Singularity
As a matter of clearing up the record, I’d like to point out a recent post by Michael Anissimov in which he points...
Revolution! — Within Reason
What a difference a day makes! On Tuesday, Michael Anissimov posted a plea to his readers to aid the Existential Risk...
The Transhuman and the Postmodern (A Further Response to James Hughes)
My previous post on transhumanism and morality elicited a response from James Hughes, whose recent series of...
Transhuman Ambitions and the Lesson of Global Warming
Anyone who believes in the science of man-made global warming must admit the important lesson it reveals: humans can...
Rationalism, risk, and the purpose of politics
[Continuing coverage of the 2009 Singularity Summit in New York City.] Eliezer Yudkowsky, a founder of the Singularity...