Tag: Lex Fridman
The Problem of Pain: Julian Huxley, Magnus Carlsen, and the Meaning of Life
In a conversation with Lex Fridman, Magnus Carlsen betrays no sense of empathy for how his view that life is an accident might negatively impact others.
Watch: Here Are Several Minutes of Design-Detection Brainstorming with Lex Fridman
I’ve never heard such a concise account of the principal methodological difficulties of inferring an unconstrained intelligence as a TESTABLE cause.
Sara Walker: Intelligent Design without Intelligent Design
We’ll be watching Walker’s publications to see how much farther she can move in the direction of ID.
“Our 20th- and 21st-Century Ptolemaic Epicycles”?
I am fascinated by the philosophy of science parallels to similar moves in molecular phylogenetics and systematics.