Category: Society
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The Equivalence of Legal Argumentation and Mathematical Proof: Why Precedent and Proof by Analogy Are the Same Thing
The Basic Structure of Legal Precedent In legal argumentation, lawyers constantly use this reasoning: In case Y, the situation was such-and-such, and the defendant was acquitted. In our current case X, the situation is like the situation in case Y. Therefore, the same argumentation that led to acquittal in case Y should apply, and the…
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Hitler’s philosophy of Evil
In Nazi ideology, antisemitism drew heavily on disgust-based imagery. Jews were depicted as vermin, parasites, or infectious agents. Hitler himself, in Mein Kampf, referred to Jews as “parasites” and “bacilli” that “infect the body of nations.” This rhetoric reframed genocide as an act of purification rather than aggression. Once a group is perceived as a…
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When Pain Shapes Politics: On Discrimination, Protest, and the Risk of Misplaced Anger
It’s about how personal and collective pain—often valid and justified—sometimes spills over into debates where it clouds our ability to judge clearly. I see this pattern in feminist debates, in discussions about universities or the military, and very strikingly in the infamous O.J. Simpson trial.
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AI will never replace human artists. Here’s why.
If you are a true art fan, you don’t value good sounds or colors but stories that are exclusive to the human experience.
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This cognitive bias is the reason people get misjudged, defamed and gaslighted
If you lack data, keep quiet. Here’s why. It’s like forming an opinion about a restaurant from one unsavory meal or questioning a medical treatment’s effectiveness due to a smattering of adverse outcomes. This phenomenon, known as “small sample bias” or the “law of small numbers,” can significantly distort our judgments and decision-making processes. It’s…
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Man is the only animal that must be encouraged to live
What is the purpose of life? Noone is actually noticing me in the world so why should I still live? What is the point? The troubles of becoming more intelligent, come with a blindness for absurdity.
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People actually think poverty is a privilege
While Data significantly shows that poorer people experience great disadvantages in the education system and job market, some people still feel offended to be confronted with their privilege. Why is that? Ok, I get it. It’s hard to be confronted with privileges you supposedly own. I mean how unfair is that? You struggle so hard…
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Independent women are simply the better women. Here’s why:
Evolutionary science gives us a plausible explanation for the fact that women tend to stick together less likely than men. However, it is not inevitable that women are at war with each other. No, I don’t think an independent woman necessarily needs to follow a career instead of motherhood. I don’t believe an independent woman doesn’t…
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Men are getting punished harder for the same crimes than women. This is why:
Sexism against women causes sexism against men too, but men’s rights activists refuse to see that Several Studies, including a study from August 2012, by Sonja B. Starr from the University of Chicago, state there is a sentencing disparity in federal criminal cases favoring women (source: here). The paper says: ” It finds large gender gaps…
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This is how I will treat students that are conservative- about the failure of philosophy
Yes, cancel culture exists in philosophy too. I will get straight to the point. If you don’t know me, I am Yildiz and I study physics, philosophy, and computer science to become a teacher at the Christian-Albrechts University in Germany. All the time I see surprised faces when I tell people what subjects I am…
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There is only one kind of discrimination and it fucks with everyone
Male chauvinists are digging their own graves I hear from a lot of Anti-feminists and radical conservatives that men shall be granted authority over women because they are physically stronger. They always stress that men were more important because they fight, protect women and children and build the country, and are just better, stronger, more…
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The Science of getting rich. Wallace D. Wattles.
Everyone can, if he tries? I am not sure about that. I just started reading the book called “the Science of getting rich” by writer Wallace D. Wattles and he made an interesting thesis at the beginning of the book. “There is a science of getting rich, and it is an exact science, like algebra…
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The danger of AI: Does no one want to talk about the children?
Children get in contact with AI through many things. AI systems are “embedded in toys, virtual assistants, video games, and adaptive learning software”. Children are on social media and algorithms determine what they watch, what products are advertised to them, and how they regard sexuality, race, and religion.
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How different are men and women and why is this question so important to people?
A lot of stereotypes in social science turned out to be not exactly true. One other narrative is, for instance, that women are less competitive than men, but recent studies show that this is very task-specific and regarding beauty. Women are actually very competitive. Women are also not more cooperative, that’s too easy. Studies show…
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Is Ex-Google engineer Blake Lemoine crazy?
I read a lot about LaMDA this year. The Google chatbot, that engineer Blake Lemoine, claimed to be sentient. I have made an article before where I explain why LaMDA was a false alert. You can read the article here . Undeniably, Lemoine received mockery and scepticism for his claims. In June this year, Lemoine…
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Why stupid people always win-The Math of stupidity.
What makes a person stupid and why do stupid people win over smart ones? An essay. There is a logic behind stupidity, and why it grows so fast. It’s a mathematical function. Before I show the reader the function of stupidity, we might want to clarify how one should define stupidity. This, however, is more complicated…