Tag Archives: uncertainty

Changing ourselves and others

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Ted Howard NZ

What is a better way to save the world: trying to change others’ minds or instead focus on changing yourself? [ 20/April/23 ] We all need to do both. We are facing many new classes of risk, and the strategic … Continue reading →

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Nate & Kim – Climate, Fiction, and The Future”

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Ted Howard NZ

Kim Stanley Robinson: “Climate, Fiction, and The Future” | The Great Simplification #66 [ 19/April/23 ] Burning Carbon isn’t fundamental to the economy – energy is.Carbon based chemical energy sources are very “convenient”, on a variety of metrics. Agree with … Continue reading →

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Platos forms

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Ted Howard NZ

Walter asked – Is Plato’s theory of ideas (forms) just a mystical theory [ 12/April/23 Walter Asked:Is Plato’s theory of ideas (forms) just a mystical theory, misleading (“cheating”) only ontology and knowledge?Yes, no (why?), ?My opinion:There is no ontologically real … Continue reading →

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Characteristics of the human mind

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Ted Howard NZ

Human Mind [ 29/March/23 Walter Kant asked:Does the human mind have the following characteristics? We are extremely complex. Far more complex than most have ever considered the possibility of. Of necessity, our brains need to simplify the information they receive … Continue reading →

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Belief and knowledge

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Ted Howard NZ

Belief and knowledge [ 20/March/23 Walter Kant posted “Only pseudo-culture can claim that belief is better or as good as knowledge!?Yes, No, ?”With a picture of a table of differences between belief and knowledge] It is deeply more complex than … Continue reading →

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How likely is it that we have a future

Posted on July 31, 2022 by Ted Howard NZ

How likely do you think the chances are that our high tech civilization will last? [ 12/July/22 ] My best estimate is slightly better than even chances – about 60/40. And that requires that most people are able to get … Continue reading →

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Existential risk and risk mitigation

Posted on June 5, 2022 by Ted Howard NZ

Extinction risk [ 31/May/22 ] That whole set of premises is just wrong.Churchill’s essay is founded on false premises – but his understanding of logic was so poor that he failed to see it – blinded by accepted truths that … Continue reading →

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Properties of reality

Posted on June 5, 2022 by Ted Howard NZ

What properties can be attributed to the physical universe? [ 31/May/22 ] One can attribute any set of characteristics to the physical universe; the question becomes:How accurately do those characteristics relate to the physical universe across what set of contexts? … Continue reading →

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Human nature and survival

Posted on June 5, 2022 by Ted Howard NZ

Elon, Twitter, and the survival of intelligence [ 27/April/22 Lifeboat – Kumardev Chatterjee shared a link. Sean Brazell responded “It’s not JUST free speech that’s important. It’s TRUTH and the ability of a people to recognize its ABSENCE and act … Continue reading →

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War on reality

Posted on June 5, 2022 by Ted Howard NZ

The War on Reality, Mary Harrington & Paul Kingsnorth [ 26/April/22 ] Some very good ideas, and also some serious errors. [Paul on limits]I definitely acknowledge that there are limits, and that we need the natural world; and unless we … Continue reading →

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