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Ben Chugg in Conjecture Magazine

Jan 4, 2021

Today’s False Prophets

How the new “science” of divining humanity’s future revives an ancient fallacy.

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Tom Hyde in Conjecture Magazine

Oct 21, 2020

David Attenborough Deserves Our Adoration. His Future Deserves Our Antipathy

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Lucas Smalldon in Conjecture Magazine

Jul 18, 2020

How Modern Philosophy of Science was Born

The story of Karl Popper’s ideas

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Ben Chugg in Conjecture Magazine

Dec 18, 2020

Pascal’s Mugging and Bad Explanations

Why Bayesian Philosophy is false.

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Dennis Hackethal in Conjecture Magazine

Jul 22, 2020

The Neo-Darwinian Theory of the Mind

The great enigma that AI researchers ignore

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Oliver Waters in Conjecture Magazine

Jul 17, 2020

Why We Have Free Will

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Brett Hall in Conjecture Magazine

Dec 5, 2020

The Laws of Physics Must be Comprehensible

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Today’s False Prophets

How the new “science” of divining humanity’s future revives an ancient fallacy.

David Attenborough Deserves Our Adoration. His Future Deserves Our Antipathy

How Modern Philosophy of Science was Born

The story of Karl Popper’s ideas

Pascal’s Mugging and Bad Explanations

Why Bayesian Philosophy is false.

The Neo-Darwinian Theory of the Mind

The great enigma that AI researchers ignore

Why We Have Free Will

Why We Have Free Will

The Laws of Physics Must be Comprehensible

Why is Reality Explicable?

The Beginning of Infinite Regress

Fake News and the Manifest Truth Delusion: Part 1 of 3

The Enlightenment and the Power of Rational Argument