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Who Is the Next President?
Caveat: I can’t predict the future, so of course I don’t know the answer to the title question. But for sheer entertainment, let’s speculate anyway. It…
May 27
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The State
Here, I summarize what people have said about the state and why most of it is dumb and wrong. This is like a summary of a summary of my views on…
May 20
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Is America Failing or Kicking Ass?
I. Fears of Decline The people who most like such slogans as “USA #1” (namely, right-wing populists) are also the most likely to think that America is…
May 13
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Singer's Unstable Metaethics
Here, I make problems for metaethical views that Peter Singer used to somewhat endorse.* [* From “Singer’s Unstable Metaethics” in Peter Singer Under…
May 6
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Michael Huemer
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April 2023
Tucker Carlson: The Hilarious Demagogue
People like my posts about famous cultural figures. Of my 3 most popular posts, one was about Elon Musk and another about Jordan Peterson. Let’s see how…
Apr 30
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Values and Morals: Outline of a Skeptical Realism
Here, I advance a skeptical moral realism.* [ *Based on: “Values and Morals: Outline of a Skeptical Realism,” Philosophical Issues 19 (2009): 113-30. …
Apr 22
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Michael Huemer
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Education: How Can It Cost So Much?
I. College Is Absurdly Expensive You might have noticed that college education is expensive. It was never cheap, but it’s gotten increasingly ridiculous…
Apr 15
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Michael Huemer
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A Paradox for Weak Deontology
I’m generally sympathetic to deontological ethics, especially rights theory. But some years ago, I discovered this paradox for deontological ethics.* …
Apr 8
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Michael Huemer
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Upcoming: Debate on free will
I have a debate coming up on Free Will vs. Determinism with Stanford University psychologist Robert Sapolsky. It's a charity event organized by Jonah…
Apr 5
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Michael Huemer
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Jordan Peterson: The Helpful Rambler
1. Background The Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson rose to internet fame in the last several years, partly due to his protests against a Canadian…
Apr 1
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Michael Huemer
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March 2023
A Proof of Free Will
One of the first philosophical problems I thought about in college was free will vs. determinism. It was then that I thought of an argument against…
Mar 25
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How Much Should You Freak out About AI?
After I wrote about AI last time (https://fakenous.substack.com/p/are-we-on-the-verge-of-true-ai), some readers urged me to take more seriously AI…
Mar 18
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