Unboxed Thoughts

Are We Here by Accident?

The Best Reason I Know to Suspect Otherwise

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May 2025

On Whether We're Boltzmann Brains

Boltzmann Brains are theorized disembodied brain-like objects that perfectly mimic our subjective experience.

May 6 • 

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April 2025

Finely Tuned Skepticism

On Boltzmann Brains, the Past Hypothesis, the Anthropic Principle, etc.

Apr 18 • 

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Moral Responsibility Is Impossible and No One Deserves Anything

Further Analysis of a Simple-but-Robust Argument Against Moral Responsibility

Apr 6 • 

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March 2025

The Paradox of the Self-Made Man

Are the Billionaires (or Anyone Else) Self-Made?

Mar 20 • 

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February 2025

All the Pretty Useless Horses

On Whether Humans are Invulnerable to Economic Extinction

Feb 24 • 

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The Curious, Unparalleled Ickiness of Video Games

Making Sense of Their Mysteriously Potent Repulsiveness

Feb 13 • 

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Against the Ritualized Squandering of Brainpower

Make College for Rich Kids Again (Part 2)

Feb 5 • 

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January 2025

The Hidden Gems Have Already Been Mined

Make College for Rich Kids Again (Part 1)

Jan 26 • 

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December 2024

What New Jobs?

Against the Dark Forest Theory of the Labor Market

Dec 30, 2024 • 

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November 2024

Can You Fight Misinformation Blindfolded?

On Trying to Fix How Society Formulates Beliefs Without Worrying About What People Believe

Nov 22, 2024 • 

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October 2024

Unstrawmanning Steelmanning

Contra Noah Smith on Steelmanning

Oct 28, 2024 • 

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