Sunday, November 30, 2025

Strike Three for the Cosmological Constant?

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It looks like the cosmological constant, aka lambda, aka dark energy has taken another hit. First it was the timescape model, which I blogge...
Saturday, November 29, 2025

What does it mean to believe something?

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When I was a kid, I came to the "realization" that I couldn't actually be certain about anything because for anything I tho...
Friday, November 28, 2025

Does the second law of thermodynamics imply that the universe had a beginning?

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Anybody who has read my origin story knows the prominent role the second law of thermodynamics played in moving me from agnosticism to th...
Thursday, November 27, 2025

ChatGPT plays the role of a Street Epistemologist

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I had another fun conversation with ChatGPT where I asked it to pretent to be a Street Epistemologist who challenged my epistemology, partic...
Sunday, November 23, 2025

ChatGPT challenges me on free will, determinism, dualism, and time

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Today, I had a fun conversation with ChatGPT. After asking ChatGPT to pretend to be human and make statements about itself, I said, "I ...
Sunday, September 14, 2025

Some thoughts on the Charlie Kirk assassination

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This Charlie Kirk situation has affected me emotionally more than it really should. I didn't follow him and didn't have a good fe...
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Saturday, September 06, 2025

Why I like ChatGPT - recipe edition

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One of my favourite things about ChatGPT is getting quick simple recipes when I have an odd proportion of ingredients. For example, today...
Monday, September 01, 2025

The multiverse objection to the fine tuning argument

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I recently had my first debate in many years on a new website called DebateCraft . DebateCraft was put together by some of the old membe...