Deuxième Loi du Désaccord selon Faré: J'ai raison, d'où il s'ensuit que ceux qui ne sont pas d'accord avec moi sont ou bien (1) malhonnêtes, (2) stupides, ou (3) fous (ces choix ne sont pas exclusifs). Cette loi universelle vaut pour toute valeur de "moi", y compris "vous".
J'ai beaucoup appris de François Guillaumat ( Read more... )

As promised, here is a detailed rational refutation of the utilitarian concept of (Global) "Happiness Maximization" in general, and its specific variant that concludes in favor of wireheading, the cultivation of individuals in vats in a permanent state of artificially stimulated bliss.
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What always fascinates me when I meet a group of very intelligent people ( Read more... )

Shankar Raman, at the Cambridge Science Festival, gave a presentation seriously offering us to take Pascal's WagerAccording to Pascal's famous argument ( Read more... )

Does Virtue lead to Misfortune and Vice to Prosperity? Do we live in an Evil World where vice is rewarded while virtue is punished? Is Virtue counter-productive in This World, and does the only hope of vindication for the virtuous lie in an After-Life?

Not at all ( Read more... )

Two radically opposed comic books: on the one hand, "City of Glass" (1994) by Paul Auster, masterfully adapted into a graphical novel by Paul Karasik and David Mazzucchelli. On the other hand, "Siberia" (2006), by Nikolai Maslov, an amateur artist (originally published in French in 2004 as "Une Jeunesse Soviétique").

The first author is a ( Read more... )

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In Ontology is Overrated: Categories, Links, and Tags, Clay Shirky clearly explains the issue of a posteriori knowledge versus a priori knowledge ( Read more... )

College Profs Denounce Western Culture, Move to Caves. (Cám ơn, GNXP).
At long last some coherence ( Read more... )

... is exactly what dominates the Intelligentsia in France and other countries.

You do not endorse Stalin. You do not call yourself a communist. You do not declare your love for the regime. You do not call on people to support the Soviets. Ever. Under any circumstances. You claim to be an independent-minded idealist. You don't understand ( Read more... )