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The questions we will never consider, due to nearby questions which are much more salient.

Member Of Species ‏@MemberOfSpecies Jul 18

Maybe dreams are where you do all the signaling you couldn't do while awake.

Fakey Fakeson ‏@admittedlyhuman Jul 15

e.g. in the Lord/Liar/Lunatic trichotomy, the theist is essentially daring their interlocutor to call their lord a liar or a lunatic.

Fakey Fakeson ‏@admittedlyhuman Jul 15

the argument strategy of bringing your incompatible worldviews front and center so that arguing with you means denying your whole identity

Member Of Species ‏@MemberOfSpecies Jul 5

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship... If they can't, they're secretly an insect.

Member Of Species ‏@MemberOfSpecies Jul 3

If you disagree with both sides on an issue, it may not mean you're nuanced. It may just mean you're disagreeable.

Member Of Species ‏@MemberOfSpecies Jul 3

Meritocracy as rule by people with merit. Meritocracy as rule by merit itself.

Byrne Hobart ‏@byrneseyeview Jun 22

New dystopian fiction idea: set your story 100 years in the future. The cars get more MPG. The phones have bigger screens. The end.

Hole Of Black ‏@argletargle Jul 2

harness your contrarian nature; endeavor to be an annoying counterexample to those studies where people are nonutilitarian and nonaltruistic

Member Of Species ‏@MemberOfSpecies Jun 28

I Thou shalt not kill II Thou shalt not kill another person III Okay fine thou shalt not kill another one IV Come on thou shalt not kill ano

Value Of Type ‏@ValueOfType Jun 23

send me a link to some paper and i will livetweet it

Member Of Species ‏@MemberOfSpecies Jun 22

"Mistakes were made." No. Use the active voice. Mistakes made us.

Fakey Fakeson ‏@admittedlyhuman May 29

Pascal's Muggings which we are sophisticated enough to ignore vs. Black Swans which we are sophisticated enough to pay attention to

Member Of Species ‏@MemberOfSpecies Jun 17

Whatever you do, avoid being repetive.

Member Of Species ‏@MemberOfSpecies Jun 13

Those who don't care how effective a deed is if it's altruistic; those who don't care how effective an altruistic deed is if it's effective.

Member Of Species ‏@MemberOfSpecies Jun 13

A personal brand that: * Appeals to you * Appeals to others * Appeals to God(*) * Can be feasibly upheld Pick any 1.8 or so. (*) goodness

David Chapman ‏@Meaningness Jun 7

“Puzzle Theory” by @sarahdoingthing http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2015/06/04/puzzle-theory/ … major, fascinating, unsummarizable post. “You do not expect lions wear socks.”

David Kaib ‏@DavidKaib Jun 6

Remember that something mattering is not he same as it mattering whether you pay attention to it.