Disagreeable Me
@disagreeableme.bsky.social
Amateur philosopher, professional software developer, Durham, UK. I enjoy exploring disagreements and trying to understand a variety of views.
Now officially published: what I think @seanmcarroll.bsky.social, @davidpapineau.bsky.social and David Wallace get wrong about quantum immortality. link.springer.com/10.1007/s112...
The costs of rejecting quantum immortality - Synthese
Proponents of the Many Worlds Interpretation (MWI) of quantum mechanics are divided in their attitudes to the idea of quantum immortality. Some, e.g. Max Tegmark (immortalists), believe one should alw...
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October 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Now officially published: what I think @seanmcarroll.bsky.social, @davidpapineau.bsky.social and David Wallace get wrong about quantum immortality. link.springer.com/10.1007/s112...
I’m officially no longer just a crank who just argues about philosophy on the Internet. I’m now a crank who has had a paper accepted to Synthese! Here’s a post about it.
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My first publication: Quantum Immortality
Notes on a paper accepted to Synthese
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September 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I’m officially no longer just a crank who just argues about philosophy on the Internet. I’m now a crank who has had a paper accepted to Synthese! Here’s a post about it.
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I've just submitted a complete book manuscript to the publisher. A liberal and mystical reimagining of the traditional religions of the West. Hardest thing I've ever done. I shouldn't complain, though, because it's going to be a bestseller.
August 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I've just submitted a complete book manuscript to the publisher. A liberal and mystical reimagining of the traditional religions of the West. Hardest thing I've ever done. I shouldn't complain, though, because it's going to be a bestseller.
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I think this might be my clearest articulation of it IMHO
I did a TEDx talk on panpsychism. Convinced?
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Is there consciousness beyond the brain? | Philip Goff | TEDxNewEngland
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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August 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I think this might be my clearest articulation of it IMHO
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You might think from the name that panpsychism is the belief that bread is conscious. And you’d be right.
November 18, 2024 at 1:25 PM
You might think from the name that panpsychism is the belief that bread is conscious. And you’d be right.
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Join me and @petemandik.bsky.social live at 6.15 UK time today for something indescribable
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The Persuaders: Overture
YouTube video by Keith Frankish
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August 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Join me and @petemandik.bsky.social live at 6.15 UK time today for something indescribable
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Latest philosophy post up at the StanStack. I don't post these very often, driving scarcity & value.
#philsky #philosophy
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#philsky #philosophy
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Too Weird Thought Experiments Are Too Weird
You Don't Have to Get Too Weird
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July 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Latest philosophy post up at the StanStack. I don't post these very often, driving scarcity & value.
#philsky #philosophy
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#philsky #philosophy
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In the UK, you can be branded a terrorist in law even if you don’t cause, or intend to cause, fear. Our laws are designed to associate non-terrorist acts with terrorism so that they elicit stronger negative reactions & so hasher punishments seem justified.
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Palestine Action to be banned after RAF base break in
The home secretary will move to proscribe the Palestine Action group in the coming weeks, the BBC understands.
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June 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
In the UK, you can be branded a terrorist in law even if you don’t cause, or intend to cause, fear. Our laws are designed to associate non-terrorist acts with terrorism so that they elicit stronger negative reactions & so hasher punishments seem justified.
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Dear all,
Helen passed away at 13:21 local time. Helen would not have wanted us to be sad for a long time. All they wanted was to be remembered. They looked forward to being rid of pain and to being at rest. Helen took great comfort in you, their friends and readers.
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Helen passed away at 13:21 local time. Helen would not have wanted us to be sad for a long time. All they wanted was to be remembered. They looked forward to being rid of pain and to being at rest. Helen took great comfort in you, their friends and readers.
pt. 1/2
June 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Dear all,
Helen passed away at 13:21 local time. Helen would not have wanted us to be sad for a long time. All they wanted was to be remembered. They looked forward to being rid of pain and to being at rest. Helen took great comfort in you, their friends and readers.
pt. 1/2
Helen passed away at 13:21 local time. Helen would not have wanted us to be sad for a long time. All they wanted was to be remembered. They looked forward to being rid of pain and to being at rest. Helen took great comfort in you, their friends and readers.
pt. 1/2
Love @lanceindependent.bsky.social, love Henry Shevlin, love videogames, what's not to love? Really enjoyed the enthusiasm of this concersation. youtube.com/live/MttmPst...
Discussing video games with Henry Shevlin
YouTube video by Lance Independent
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June 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Love @lanceindependent.bsky.social, love Henry Shevlin, love videogames, what's not to love? Really enjoyed the enthusiasm of this concersation. youtube.com/live/MttmPst...
I would also like to know what people think about this. Guth seems pretty persuasive, but I don't have a good grasp of the physics.
I've been looking into the Boltzmann Brain objection to inflationary multiverse for book I'm currently writing (more specifically the version of it Penrose has pressed. Why doesn't Guth's response 35 minutes into this solve the problem?
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Multiverse or Cyclic Universe ? Alan Guth vs Roger Penrose
YouTube video by Phil Halper (aka Skydivephil)
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May 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I would also like to know what people think about this. Guth seems pretty persuasive, but I don't have a good grasp of the physics.
I was going to repost this, but luckily I realised how pointless and aggravating it would be just in time.
Was just about to advertise this chat I'm having me mate Iain...turns out it sold our three weeks in advance!
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Dr Iain McGilchrist and Philip Goff: The mystery of the mind - UnHerd Club
Are we our brains? Or can science only tell part of the story? Dr Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist, neuroscience researcher, philosopher and author of the widely lauded book The Master and His Emiss...
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May 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I was going to repost this, but luckily I realised how pointless and aggravating it would be just in time.
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Would anyone be interested in attending a series of online introductory lectures on the philosophy of consciousness (the whole field, not just my views) Say, 2 x 90 min lectures a week for 8 weeks. If so, how much would you be willing to pay to attend the whole series? Please answer by dm only.
April 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Would anyone be interested in attending a series of online introductory lectures on the philosophy of consciousness (the whole field, not just my views) Say, 2 x 90 min lectures a week for 8 weeks. If so, how much would you be willing to pay to attend the whole series? Please answer by dm only.
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At the cliffhanger to this trailer, I ask William Lane Craig if he thinks I'm a Christian. I'll send a copy of my book to the person who gets closest to guessing his answer (before it airs 8pm today).
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April 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
At the cliffhanger to this trailer, I ask William Lane Craig if he thinks I'm a Christian. I'll send a copy of my book to the person who gets closest to guessing his answer (before it airs 8pm today).
x.com/JusBrierley/...
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I had a (very) long debate with an LLM about moral realism. I was impressed. substack.com/@disagreeabl...
LLMs for philosophers: Debate practice
Debating moral realism with Gemini 2.5
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April 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I had a (very) long debate with an LLM about moral realism. I was impressed. substack.com/@disagreeabl...
I was joking here when predicting that @philipgoff.bsky.social would lose the debate. To set the record straight, I think he actually did very well. I think his arguments for a God of limited powers were more persuasive than the opposition's against. Christianity, not so much.
I haven't had a chance to watch the debate yet either. No.
March 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I was joking here when predicting that @philipgoff.bsky.social would lose the debate. To set the record straight, I think he actually did very well. I think his arguments for a God of limited powers were more persuasive than the opposition's against. Christianity, not so much.
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50% off the (self-narrated) audio version of my "Why?" book until 13th April! www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
50% OFF Why? The Purpose of the Universe
Why are we here? What's the point of existence? On the 'big questions' of meaning and purpose, Western thought has been dominated by the dichotomy of traditional religion and secular...
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March 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
50% off the (self-narrated) audio version of my "Why?" book until 13th April! www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
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Elon should rebrand Tesla as Magawagen
March 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Elon should rebrand Tesla as Magawagen
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President Trump the HBO Max series Scavengers Reign was cancelled due to wokeness. Please do a pitch for Scavengers Reign season 2 in front of the White House
March 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
President Trump the HBO Max series Scavengers Reign was cancelled due to wokeness. Please do a pitch for Scavengers Reign season 2 in front of the White House
There's Something about Mary (regarding which @petemandik.bsky.social and I disagree).
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March 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
There's Something about Mary (regarding which @petemandik.bsky.social and I disagree).
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Very sad to see the poet and general sharp observer of life Pat Ingoldsby has died. So, as he prepared for this event, here's to Pat. 🥃
March 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Very sad to see the poet and general sharp observer of life Pat Ingoldsby has died. So, as he prepared for this event, here's to Pat. 🥃
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There were certainly some people disrespecting the Oval Office today.
February 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
There were certainly some people disrespecting the Oval Office today.
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Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey:
February 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey:
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if Hoffman's a pirate and you see Neverland: Hook, by Spielberg (broadly panned)
if the pirate is Hopper and you see land never: Waterworld, Costner's troubled endeavor
if the pirate is Hopper and you see land never: Waterworld, Costner's troubled endeavor
February 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
if Hoffman's a pirate and you see Neverland: Hook, by Spielberg (broadly panned)
if the pirate is Hopper and you see land never: Waterworld, Costner's troubled endeavor
if the pirate is Hopper and you see land never: Waterworld, Costner's troubled endeavor