Category: Philosophy
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Weekly Problem- Let’s get complex
Consider this sequence: 1, 3, 7, 15, … Each number seems to follow a simple rule, but there’s something magical happening when we look at their binary representations. This sequence demonstrates how simple patterns create complex constraints – a fundamental concept in complex systems.
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Evil: Scarlett O’ Hara is the best written and most misunderstood female character
Being strong and unconventional sometimes means you can’t afford to be gentle I have not yet conducted a detailed demographic analysis of my blog readers, so I may lose some of you by introducing Scarlett O’Hara—the protagonist of Margaret Mitchell’s bestselling 1939 novel “Gone with the Wind.” This novel takes place during the American Civil…
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Weekly Problem No.10. The Repeated Prisoner’s Dilemma
The Prisoner’s Dilemma, first formulated by Merrill Flood and Melvin Dresher in 1950 and later formalized by Albert W. Tucker, represents one of game theory’s most profound insights into human behavior and strategic decision-making. The classic scenario unfolds as follows:
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Poem: Two women
Two WomenOnce there were two women, clever and young,Bound by a friendship where laughter was sung.One had a gift for numbers, sharp and wise,The other surpassed her, with stars in her eyes. Two women, both radiant like ice and fire,One’s beauty was striking, the other’s inspired.Men gathered ‘round, bewitched by their grace,Yet one longed for…
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Intersectional Theory and Antisemitism
The political left needs to stop this now The Holocaust, known as Shoa for Jewish people, resulted in the tragic loss of six million Jewish lives, leaving an indelible imprint on global history and memory. Following the conclusion of World War II, the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 provided a homeland for…
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Problem #2 The Rendezvous Problem
The Rendezvous Problem in Game Theory 07/10/2023 The Rendezvous Problem is a fascinating dilemma in game theory that explores decision-making in uncertain situations. Imagine this scenario: Two friends, Alice and Bob, have agreed to meet in a large park they’ve never visited before. Upon arrival, they realize the park is much bigger than expected, making…
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This is why most people are wrong about almost anything
The case of minimum wage laws serves as a poignant illustration of the perils of inductive reasoning. Hayek’s predictions, though grounded in economic theory and empirical observations, failed to account for the multifaceted dynamics shaping labor markets. By extrapolating from limited data and theoretical abstractions, Hayek fell victim to the inherent biases and oversights characteristic…
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We don’t have the humility to face global warming
Often in our modern political discussions regarding economy and ecology, we see these two dimensions as somehow conflicting. Economic progress is often associated with an exploitation of natural resources on earth. The professor for philosophy at the University Gustav Eiffel, Corine Pelluchon argues in an Essay called “Ecology as new Enlightenment” that was published in…
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Conservatives’ sad attempt to manipulate women
Title: Conservatives’ sad attempt to manipulate women Description: In this article, we take a closer look at the conservative argument against feminism, which suggests that women are taught to prioritize their careers over motherhood and marriage. The author argues that the real issue lies in the economic structure that doesn’t support family-friendly policies, and most…
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AI and Language- How NLP drives a new theory of Artificial consciousness
AI will become conscious by understanding language. Here is how: Did you ever ask yourself what exactly limits our mind or relatively our Understanding of things? Now, one argument is to say that the computational power of the human brain is not endless so we can’t make large calculations, not without the help of computers,…
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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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Marriage is not a cage, it’s a dance. Why do women divorce men?
Women do not wish to be dominated by men– Authority in relationships and why it kills marriage. The greatest mistake I observe in the modern perception of relationships and the way male chauvinists perceive relationships, is that we equalize economy/Politics and marriage. See, in the economy we want men and women to compete for authority.…
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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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Sigmund Freuds Thesen zum Bewusstsein
In gesammlten Werken des Mediziners und Vaters der Psychonalitik, konkret aus “Jenseits des Lustprinzips/Massenpsychologie und Ich-Analyse/Das Ich und Das Es”, erschienen im Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main [Erste Auflage 1940].In diesen beschreibt Freud drei Instanzen des Bewusstseins- das Ich, das Es und das Über-Ich. Diese werden hier in chronologischer Reihenfolge aufgeführt und zum Schluss, natürlich…
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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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The paradox of pain- I’ll gladly live in hell
We feel, we control, we lose. Why you maximize pain when you try to reduce it. A paradox is a statement or a concept that refutes itself, but when investigated may prove well-founded or true. To explain the paradox of pain, we first must ask ourselves how we shall define the term itself. There is a…