Ethan Landes
@ethanlandes.bsky.social
Experimental philosophy of technology | conceptual engineering | metaphilosophy | Kent's Department of Psychology | Video games | Expat malaise | linguistic nerdery
Writing a pre-registration and feeling deeply deeply torn between appreciating the bullshit they prevent and longing for the days when mistakes made early in a project were not public forever.
November 14, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Writing a pre-registration and feeling deeply deeply torn between appreciating the bullshit they prevent and longing for the days when mistakes made early in a project were not public forever.
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The assisted dying debate is giving me doubts about Rawls’ idea of Pubic Reason. The basic idea is that on matters of justice & the constitution, political authority (law) should only be exercised on the basis of reasons accessible to all. That means that you don’t appeal to controversial claims.
November 14, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The assisted dying debate is giving me doubts about Rawls’ idea of Pubic Reason. The basic idea is that on matters of justice & the constitution, political authority (law) should only be exercised on the basis of reasons accessible to all. That means that you don’t appeal to controversial claims.
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The journal's homepage is now live: journals.ub.uni-koeln.de/index.php/xphi
We will soon also be found under xphi.eu.
Accepting submissions in about 2 weeks.
We will soon also be found under xphi.eu.
Accepting submissions in about 2 weeks.
Experimental Philosophy
journals.ub.uni-koeln.de
November 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The journal's homepage is now live: journals.ub.uni-koeln.de/index.php/xphi
We will soon also be found under xphi.eu.
Accepting submissions in about 2 weeks.
We will soon also be found under xphi.eu.
Accepting submissions in about 2 weeks.
Starting to suspect the left is falling victim to the same sort of entertainment cottage industry that the American christian right fell into in the 2000s:
Half-assed preachy movies banking on people watching it because of its purported spiritual values and cultural alignment.
Half-assed preachy movies banking on people watching it because of its purported spiritual values and cultural alignment.
November 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Starting to suspect the left is falling victim to the same sort of entertainment cottage industry that the American christian right fell into in the 2000s:
Half-assed preachy movies banking on people watching it because of its purported spiritual values and cultural alignment.
Half-assed preachy movies banking on people watching it because of its purported spiritual values and cultural alignment.
Nothing will convince me of Kuhn's observation that most science is essentially just scientists playing a game with preset rules as much as the reign of p < .05
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nothing will convince me of Kuhn's observation that most science is essentially just scientists playing a game with preset rules as much as the reign of p < .05
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Experimental participants to us
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Experimental participants to us
Film theorist/historians: What's the difference between 90s Batman which unapologetically had 3 actors across 4 movies apparently set in the same universe, and James Bond where a soft-reboot is apparently unthinkable?
this is so silly. people know the deal with bond. the writers should just embrace the metatextual aspects of the franchise
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Film theorist/historians: What's the difference between 90s Batman which unapologetically had 3 actors across 4 movies apparently set in the same universe, and James Bond where a soft-reboot is apparently unthinkable?
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Me on a hike: Oh neat, a lime kiln!
The lime kiln: I was the fires of hell manifest. I melted the earth itself to feed the insatiable gluttony of the empire's industrialization. Pity the wretched souls who tended my miasmic inferno.
Me: I wonder if there are remains of a railroad nearby?
The lime kiln: I was the fires of hell manifest. I melted the earth itself to feed the insatiable gluttony of the empire's industrialization. Pity the wretched souls who tended my miasmic inferno.
Me: I wonder if there are remains of a railroad nearby?
November 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Me on a hike: Oh neat, a lime kiln!
The lime kiln: I was the fires of hell manifest. I melted the earth itself to feed the insatiable gluttony of the empire's industrialization. Pity the wretched souls who tended my miasmic inferno.
Me: I wonder if there are remains of a railroad nearby?
The lime kiln: I was the fires of hell manifest. I melted the earth itself to feed the insatiable gluttony of the empire's industrialization. Pity the wretched souls who tended my miasmic inferno.
Me: I wonder if there are remains of a railroad nearby?
"Oh you're an atheist?" I ask, shifting into my philosopher voice. "A descriptive atheist (God doesn't exist) or a normative atheist (God should be murdered)?"
November 10, 2025 at 9:13 AM
"Oh you're an atheist?" I ask, shifting into my philosopher voice. "A descriptive atheist (God doesn't exist) or a normative atheist (God should be murdered)?"
It's all so fucking embarrassing
November 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
It's all so fucking embarrassing
Me on a hike: Oh neat, a lime kiln!
The lime kiln: I was the fires of hell manifest. I melted the earth itself to feed the insatiable gluttony of the empire's industrialization. Pity the wretched souls who tended my miasmic inferno.
Me: I wonder if there are remains of a railroad nearby?
The lime kiln: I was the fires of hell manifest. I melted the earth itself to feed the insatiable gluttony of the empire's industrialization. Pity the wretched souls who tended my miasmic inferno.
Me: I wonder if there are remains of a railroad nearby?
November 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Me on a hike: Oh neat, a lime kiln!
The lime kiln: I was the fires of hell manifest. I melted the earth itself to feed the insatiable gluttony of the empire's industrialization. Pity the wretched souls who tended my miasmic inferno.
Me: I wonder if there are remains of a railroad nearby?
The lime kiln: I was the fires of hell manifest. I melted the earth itself to feed the insatiable gluttony of the empire's industrialization. Pity the wretched souls who tended my miasmic inferno.
Me: I wonder if there are remains of a railroad nearby?
The culinary evolution of chocolate consumption from unsweetened drink to dessert staple is nuts. It's like if in 400 years, the only way people regularly encountered coffee was in mocha dessert bars.
November 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The culinary evolution of chocolate consumption from unsweetened drink to dessert staple is nuts. It's like if in 400 years, the only way people regularly encountered coffee was in mocha dessert bars.
Rereading Catch-22 and feeling extremely called out by the description of Clevinger
November 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Rereading Catch-22 and feeling extremely called out by the description of Clevinger
Is there an off-the-shelf way to get likelihood ratings that reddit users in a dataset are bots? It doesn't necessarily have to be free.
November 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Is there an off-the-shelf way to get likelihood ratings that reddit users in a dataset are bots? It doesn't necessarily have to be free.
Now that Spotify has lossless, the true Metalocalypse move would be to record music at some absurd fidelity (e.g., 128 bit at 900 kHz), forcing streaming companies to choose between absurd hosting costs or the wrath of customers demanding lossless versions of the song
November 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Now that Spotify has lossless, the true Metalocalypse move would be to record music at some absurd fidelity (e.g., 128 bit at 900 kHz), forcing streaming companies to choose between absurd hosting costs or the wrath of customers demanding lossless versions of the song
Update: The Murderbot Diaries novellas by Martha Wells are VERY good. Very fun pulpy scifi with themes of isolation and neurodivergence
After each episode of Murderbot, I found myself more excited about the prospect of reading the book(s) than seeing the next episode.
November 4, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Update: The Murderbot Diaries novellas by Martha Wells are VERY good. Very fun pulpy scifi with themes of isolation and neurodivergence
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While home for Christmas a few years after my sister and I had moved out, I walked in on my dad tearily watching our old VHS of the Snowman
October 31, 2025 at 9:25 PM
While home for Christmas a few years after my sister and I had moved out, I walked in on my dad tearily watching our old VHS of the Snowman
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Haunted Elevator (ft. David S. Pumpkins) - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:41 AM
There's something deeply unfair about how unsuccessful applications for research funding is a good thing for promotion applications but something to hide when applying for jobs
October 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
There's something deeply unfair about how unsuccessful applications for research funding is a good thing for promotion applications but something to hide when applying for jobs
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Tomorrow! Thursday 30th, at 10:00 PDT / 18:00 CET
"Philosophical arguments can boost charitable giving" by Kristan Brodie and @eschwitz.bsky.social.
First talk of the @xphijournal.bsky.social series, organized by @alexwiegmann.bsky.social and Celso Vieira.
philevents.org/event/show/1...
"Philosophical arguments can boost charitable giving" by Kristan Brodie and @eschwitz.bsky.social.
First talk of the @xphijournal.bsky.social series, organized by @alexwiegmann.bsky.social and Celso Vieira.
philevents.org/event/show/1...
Philosophical arguments can boost charitable giving
We are pleased to invite you to the first talk in the Experimental Philosophy Journal Series, the new journal dedicated to X-Phi.
In this session, Eric Schwitzgebel (California) and Kirstan Brodie (Co...
philevents.org
October 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Tomorrow! Thursday 30th, at 10:00 PDT / 18:00 CET
"Philosophical arguments can boost charitable giving" by Kristan Brodie and @eschwitz.bsky.social.
First talk of the @xphijournal.bsky.social series, organized by @alexwiegmann.bsky.social and Celso Vieira.
philevents.org/event/show/1...
"Philosophical arguments can boost charitable giving" by Kristan Brodie and @eschwitz.bsky.social.
First talk of the @xphijournal.bsky.social series, organized by @alexwiegmann.bsky.social and Celso Vieira.
philevents.org/event/show/1...
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Today, 18:00 CET. Please share.
Tomorrow! Thursday 30th, at 10:00 PDT / 18:00 CET
"Philosophical arguments can boost charitable giving" by Kristan Brodie and @eschwitz.bsky.social.
First talk of the @xphijournal.bsky.social series, organized by @alexwiegmann.bsky.social and Celso Vieira.
philevents.org/event/show/1...
"Philosophical arguments can boost charitable giving" by Kristan Brodie and @eschwitz.bsky.social.
First talk of the @xphijournal.bsky.social series, organized by @alexwiegmann.bsky.social and Celso Vieira.
philevents.org/event/show/1...
Philosophical arguments can boost charitable giving
We are pleased to invite you to the first talk in the Experimental Philosophy Journal Series, the new journal dedicated to X-Phi.
In this session, Eric Schwitzgebel (California) and Kirstan Brodie (Co...
philevents.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Today, 18:00 CET. Please share.
If I ever end up teaching an intro philosophy or reasoning course, an entire lecture will be spent on jingle-jangle fallacies
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingle-...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingle-...
October 30, 2025 at 8:38 AM
If I ever end up teaching an intro philosophy or reasoning course, an entire lecture will be spent on jingle-jangle fallacies
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingle-...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingle-...