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Truth Evolves is a work of philosophy that unifies epistemology and ethics through the lens of evolutionary theory.

2015

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An Injustice!

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Jul 2

Trans Athletes Are Not the Problem

What the Supreme Court got wrong about women’s sports

Trans Athletes Are Not the Problem

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Ai-Ai-OH

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Dustin Arand

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Jun 27

What is it Like to be a Large Language Model?

Thoughts on compression, consciousness, and the connection between form and meaning

What is it Like to be a Large Language Model?

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Predict

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Jun 12

Automating (In)justice

Why AI cannot, and must not, practice law

Automating (In)justice

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Minds Without Borders

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Dustin Arand

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May 22

Is Consciousness a Bug or a Feature?

Thoughts on aliens, AI, and the relationship between consciousness and intelligence

Is Consciousness a Bug or a Feature?

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Ai-Ai-OH

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May 2

AI Chatbots are Not Your Friends

Consciousness, attention, and why it’s dangerous to mistake LLMs for persons

Echo and Narcissus, by John William Waterhouse

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Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Blogs

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Apr 23

Oh, Now You Don’t Like Gerrymandering?

If you voted for Donald Trump, you voted for this

Oh, Now You Don’t Like Gerrymandering?

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Predict

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Mar 30

A Hundred Bucks Says Jesus isn’t Coming Back

Prediction markets and the lure of “epistemological arbitrage”

A Hundred Bucks Says Jesus isn’t Coming Back

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Ai-Ai-OH

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Mar 25

Our Inbred Culture is Building its Own Tower of Babble

Model collapse, storytelling entropy, and the real roots of cultural decay

image of a decaying tower with many archways

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Minds Without Borders

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Feb 2

Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and the Kyle Rittenhousing of America

How right-wing culture makes vigilante violence inevitable

Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and the Kyle Rittenhousing of America

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Corporate Underbelly

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Jan 2

What’s the Difference Between Gambling and Investing?

And what happens when we “financialize” everything?

What’s the Difference Between Gambling and Investing?

Dustin Arand

Dustin Arand

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Lawyer turned stay-at-home dad. I write about philosophy, culture, and law. Author of the book “Truth Evolves”. Top writer in History, Culture, and Politics.

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