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All beliefs expressed in blog posts are probably still endorsed unless the post was explicitly retracted, although posts from 2022 and earlier are likely to be expressed with much less clarity than I would now prefer. All original text is public-domain (CC0). Donate bitcoin to 3B7oeununUoBiKYGXWhZFzJ9B5dyNpYpRD

Friday, August 7, 2026

There are no bad laws

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

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

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

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

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

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

Monday, March 16, 2026

LessWrong culture and Eliezer Yudkowsky

There are many problems with LessWrong culture, in general: They have wrong views about utilitarianism . They have wrong views about New...

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