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Sunday, September 6, 2026

Hell

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The belief in hell, which is an afterlife where much of the population will be tortured eternally, is older, and more widespread, than every...
Friday, August 7, 2026

There are no bad laws

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There are different ideas about jurisprudence, and legal interpretation. The following is what I personally believe to be the true principle...
Tuesday, July 28, 2026

All your beliefs are true

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If you’re mentally healthy, you believe that all your beliefs are true, and nothing can shake you from this belief except very momentarily ,...
Monday, June 15, 2026

Published writings

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This blog post is a list of my published writings at places other than my blogs and social media (and not counting Wikipedia contributions)....
Sunday, May 3, 2026

Red and blue buttons

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On 2026-04-24, Tim Urban came up with a version of Lisatomic’s son’s old question (from 2023-08-13) about the red and blue pills . The ques...
Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Newcomb’s problem is incoherent

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It was in August–September 2025 that I first got curious enough to really think about Newcomb’s problem, and I really nerded out. I went thr...
Saturday, April 18, 2026

On the Profit of Believing, as a Trump speech

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On the Profit of Believing, folks. Tremendous profit. On the Profit of Believing , by Saint Augustine , is my favorite text, but I worry tha...
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