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A Good Explanation

Sent 15th December 2020

The quest for good explanations is at the heart of science and all of our fields of knowledge. In this piece, I discuss the different between good and bad explanations. Namely; that they are hard-to-vary....

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Creativity and the Cosmos

Sent 1st June 2020

Hello everyone, I hope you are well — and that reading this letter will make a humble contribution to this. For those of you in parts of the US affected by the recent unrest, please look after yourselves — my thoughts are with you. Also, please do not forget that underneath all...

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The Seed of Certainty

Sent 22nd September 2019

Hello everyone, I hope you've been doing well — I certainly have. My new article is finished. I have now left it with the wonderful Iona Italia for editing. It should be published within a week, you'll receive an email when it is. Who knows? "The lunatic who believes he is...

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The best thing that can happen to a human being is to find a problem, to fall in love with that problem, and to live trying to solve that problem, unless another problem even more lovable appears.
Karl Popper

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All life is problem solving.
Karl Popper

An explanation of explanation

Sent 17th July 2019

Hello everyone, I hope you are all doing well. I feel a little bad about something. I still do not feel close to being able to publish my next article How we know what we know. Epistemology — the study of knowledge — is deep. I have spent thinking about the problem...

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The Real and the Seeming

Sent 23rd June 2019

Hello everyone, We are living in very peaceful times, I hope you are enjoying them. My question for everyone this week is simple. "What is real?" What does it mean to say that something is the case? What is the difference between saying something is a certain way, as opposed...

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The Wisdom of mere muggles

Sent 15th June 2019

Hello everyone, I hope you are all doing very well. I once found myself in line to buy Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows on the day of its release. I didn't camp or anything – I just wake up early. It wasn't that long, but others cosplaying as various characters....

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What is consciousness?

Sent 8th June 2019

Hello everyone, I have a question for you all. "What is consciousness?" It's not a trick question. In fact, I don't think it should be a hard question. The hard problem is how consciousness arises, not what it is. I have had conversations with otherwise intelligent people who didn't seem...

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The Value of Evidence

7th May 2017

“A fire-breathing dragon lives in my garage” “Show me,” you say. I lead you to my garage. You look inside and see a ladder, empty paint cans, an old tricycle–but no dragon. “Where’s the dragon?” you ask. “Oh, she’s right here,” I reply, waving vaguely. “I neglected...

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Truths about Beliefs

21st July 2014

In this piece I want to demonstrate the following three propositions; 1. Our beliefs necessarily prevent or enable us to get what we value out of life. 2. We do not choose our beliefs. 3.Beliefs are unworthy of respect...

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