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“When the doctor says, ‘Look, it’s a boy,’ he is not reporting the fact that the child is a boy; he is creating the fact that the child is a boy.”
- Kevin Richardson
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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- Kevin Richardson
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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December 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
“When the doctor says, ‘Look, it’s a boy,’ he is not reporting the fact that the child is a boy; he is creating the fact that the child is a boy.”
- Kevin Richardson
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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- Kevin Richardson
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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"Anything can be art."
- Alex King
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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- Alex King
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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December 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"Anything can be art."
- Alex King
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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- Alex King
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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"It’s perfectly fine not to do your own research. There’s nothing wrong with letting others do your thinking for you. In fact, it is the insistence on thinking for yourself that is intellectually defective and dangerous."
- Jonathan Matheson
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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- Jonathan Matheson
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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December 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"It’s perfectly fine not to do your own research. There’s nothing wrong with letting others do your thinking for you. In fact, it is the insistence on thinking for yourself that is intellectually defective and dangerous."
- Jonathan Matheson
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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- Jonathan Matheson
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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“The idea that an objective person puts aside their opinions, interests, and emotions and considers nothing but the evidence is wrong.”
- Louise Antony
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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- Louise Antony
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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December 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“The idea that an objective person puts aside their opinions, interests, and emotions and considers nothing but the evidence is wrong.”
- Louise Antony
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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- Louise Antony
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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“Mattering is not a matter of fact.”
- Victor Moberger
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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- Victor Moberger
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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December 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
“Mattering is not a matter of fact.”
- Victor Moberger
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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- Victor Moberger
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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“When one finds plausible and formidable versions of different moral traditions, one might begin to doubt that one tradition should be declared the winner.”
David Wong,
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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David Wong,
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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December 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
“When one finds plausible and formidable versions of different moral traditions, one might begin to doubt that one tradition should be declared the winner.”
David Wong,
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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David Wong,
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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"We are our faculty of judgment... We are, in a deep and real sense, the captains of our own ship, and so long as disease or age will not damage our faculty of volition, nothing and no one can truly own us."
Massimo Pigliucci,
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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Massimo Pigliucci,
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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December 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
"We are our faculty of judgment... We are, in a deep and real sense, the captains of our own ship, and so long as disease or age will not damage our faculty of volition, nothing and no one can truly own us."
Massimo Pigliucci,
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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Massimo Pigliucci,
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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“No one is responsible because luck in how we are (our genes and our formative background) and luck in what happens to us together explain the reasons that guide our actions.”
Neil Levy,
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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Neil Levy,
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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December 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
“No one is responsible because luck in how we are (our genes and our formative background) and luck in what happens to us together explain the reasons that guide our actions.”
Neil Levy,
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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Neil Levy,
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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Thanks, I hate it.
December 24, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Thanks, I hate it.
“Persons can still be free in an important way even if determinism is true.”
Michael McKenna,
Too Weird To Believe, Too Plausible To Deny
Michael McKenna,
Too Weird To Believe, Too Plausible To Deny
December 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“Persons can still be free in an important way even if determinism is true.”
Michael McKenna,
Too Weird To Believe, Too Plausible To Deny
Michael McKenna,
Too Weird To Believe, Too Plausible To Deny
"It is often said that unjust prejudices such as racism are the result of ignorance...Where does the power to unjustly oppress people come from? Part of the answer is that people use knowledge to unjustly privilege themselves over others."
Marcus Aravan
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Marcus Aravan
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December 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"It is often said that unjust prejudices such as racism are the result of ignorance...Where does the power to unjustly oppress people come from? Part of the answer is that people use knowledge to unjustly privilege themselves over others."
Marcus Aravan
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Marcus Aravan
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lot of people answering underestimating value of core strength
Not to get all philosophical, but who would you rather be? #lego #starwars #legostarwars #philosophy
December 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
lot of people answering underestimating value of core strength
"Property is best thought of as not yours, but ours."
Christine Sypnowich,
Too Weird To Believe, Too Plausible To Deny
Christine Sypnowich,
Too Weird To Believe, Too Plausible To Deny
December 23, 2025 at 4:31 AM
"Property is best thought of as not yours, but ours."
Christine Sypnowich,
Too Weird To Believe, Too Plausible To Deny
Christine Sypnowich,
Too Weird To Believe, Too Plausible To Deny
“Not only do taxes steal our time and energy; they also waste that time and energy, which compounds this injustice.”
Adam Moore,
Too Weird To Believe, Too Plausible To Deny
Adam Moore,
Too Weird To Believe, Too Plausible To Deny
December 23, 2025 at 4:12 AM
“Not only do taxes steal our time and energy; they also waste that time and energy, which compounds this injustice.”
Adam Moore,
Too Weird To Believe, Too Plausible To Deny
Adam Moore,
Too Weird To Believe, Too Plausible To Deny
"When you conceive a child, it is just a matter of time until the ultimate injury befalls that child... every birth is a death in waiting."
David Benatar,
Too Weird To Believe, Too Plausible To Deny
David Benatar,
Too Weird To Believe, Too Plausible To Deny
December 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
"When you conceive a child, it is just a matter of time until the ultimate injury befalls that child... every birth is a death in waiting."
David Benatar,
Too Weird To Believe, Too Plausible To Deny
David Benatar,
Too Weird To Believe, Too Plausible To Deny
Not to get all philosophical, but who would you rather be? #lego #starwars #legostarwars #philosophy
December 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Not to get all philosophical, but who would you rather be? #lego #starwars #legostarwars #philosophy
Every single f-ing chapter of the anthology summarized here...
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December 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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“Philosophers have spent at least 2,500 years trying to produce a good theory of government authority... But basically all their attempts to justify government authority stink, and stink badly.”
Jason Brennan,
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
Jason Brennan,
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
December 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
“Philosophers have spent at least 2,500 years trying to produce a good theory of government authority... But basically all their attempts to justify government authority stink, and stink badly.”
Jason Brennan,
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
Jason Brennan,
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
"Debates about how people ought to conduct their intimate relationships are not an abstract philosophical game. Real lives are directly impacted by how we think about these questions, and by how we behave towards one another in discussing—and policing—romantic relationship norms."
Carrie Jenkins
Carrie Jenkins
December 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"Debates about how people ought to conduct their intimate relationships are not an abstract philosophical game. Real lives are directly impacted by how we think about these questions, and by how we behave towards one another in discussing—and policing—romantic relationship norms."
Carrie Jenkins
Carrie Jenkins
“Finally, we have an introductory reader with a distinctively 21st-century orientation towards philosophy ... Written by provocateurs who want us to radically revise our preconceptions, or defend them, this is philosophy at its best and most engaging.”
- Barry Lam, Hi-Phi Nation
- Barry Lam, Hi-Phi Nation
December 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
“Finally, we have an introductory reader with a distinctively 21st-century orientation towards philosophy ... Written by provocateurs who want us to radically revise our preconceptions, or defend them, this is philosophy at its best and most engaging.”
- Barry Lam, Hi-Phi Nation
- Barry Lam, Hi-Phi Nation
“One of the most enjoyable and thought-provoking philosophy books of recent times... If you want to be challenged, and have your mind blown, make sure you get a copy.”
- Philip Goff, Professor of Philosophy, Durham University, UK.
- Philip Goff, Professor of Philosophy, Durham University, UK.
December 20, 2025 at 9:41 PM
“One of the most enjoyable and thought-provoking philosophy books of recent times... If you want to be challenged, and have your mind blown, make sure you get a copy.”
- Philip Goff, Professor of Philosophy, Durham University, UK.
- Philip Goff, Professor of Philosophy, Durham University, UK.