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Do Numbers Really Exist Out There? — An illustration showing a stick figure on the left asking the question, “Why is 6 afraid of 7?” To this, a cute-looking ghost on the right responds, “Because 7 does not exist. By the way, I am 7.”

Do Numbers Really Exist Out There?

The mathematical philosophy of numbers!

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The Grue Paradox: Induction Does Not Really Exist. — An illustration showing a green gemstone on the left and a blue gemstone on the right. Around this illustration, the following question is posed: “Are emeralds green or blue?”

The Grue Paradox: Induction Does Not Really Exist.

The philosophy of science has a central problem!

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Infinite Regress: How To Really Understand It? — A whiteboard illustration showing a series of Russian dolls on top, where a smaller doll recursively appears out of each bigger doll (left to right). At the same time, there is an image of a square-based fractal below. In between these two images, the phrase “Infinite Regress” is presented in a box. Both of these concepts seem to be linked by infinite regress.

Infinite Regress: How To Really Understand It?

A concept that connects philosophy, theology, math, and…

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How To Easily Out Perform High IQ Individuals? — An illustration showing a fancy sports car. The one odd thing about this sports car is that it has square wheels. The label “Trial and error” points at these wheels.

How To Easily Out Perform High IQ Individuals?

A discussion on top-down knowledge Vs. bottom-up…

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The Lonely Search For Deus Ex Machina In Real Life —A set design from Pierre Corneille’s play Andromède: the black and white image shows that characters ascend to become Gods at the end of the play. The setting looks grandiose with royal Greek constructions all around the center of attention. The Gods seem to be riding cloud-like entities.

The Lonely Search For Deus Ex Machina In Real Life

Does “the machine God” exist in real life?

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Mary’s Room: How To Really Make Sense Of Knowledge? — A white-board style graphic illustration showing a black and white room with a couch, chair, lamp and computer screen inside it. Also inside this room is a happy stick figure. Pink signs label the room as Mary’s room and the stick figure as Mary.

Mary’s Room: How To Really Make Sense Of Knowledge?

A philosophical thought experiment about…

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To Infinity And Beyond? — What Is The Final Destination? — An illustration showing white board graphics: limit (t tends to infinity) [Humanity as a function of t = What??]

To Infinity And Beyond? — What Is The Final Destination?

The distant future of humanity, science, and…

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How To Really Understand Pascal’s Wager — An image showing a portrait of Blaise Pascal on the left and the second edition of Pascal’s Pensées on the right. At the centre is an arrow pointing from left to right.

How To Really Understand Pascal’s Wager

The origins of Expected Value, with a plot twist!

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How To Really Understand The Philosophy Of Inferential Statistics? — An image showing a cute little cow with black and white spots on the left and cute little dog with black and white spots on the right. The cow is standing and the dog is jumping. The cow has a pink nose and pink inner-sides of ears. Likewise, the dog has a pink belly, pink inside of its mouth and pink inside of its ears. The cow says “I’m CERTAIN that I’m a cow.” The dog says “I’m very confident that I’m a cow.”

How To Really Understand The Philosophy Of Inferential Statistics?

There is a hole at the heart of…

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Molyneux’s Problem — Can You Really Solve This Challenge? — An image of a stick figure depicting a blind person standing puzzled before a sphere that is labelled “CUBE” and a cube that is labelled “SPHERE”

Molyneux’s Problem — Can You Really Solve This Challenge?

A simple question with complex answers!