Charles Blattberg
@blattbec.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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November 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
November 30, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Blue books = denial.
November 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Blue books = denial.
You're working with the wrong philosophy of language. Check out Charles Taylor's The Language Animal (2016).
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
You're working with the wrong philosophy of language. Check out Charles Taylor's The Language Animal (2016).
Rawls was (literally) not a serious thinker.
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Charles Blattberg, Politics, Anyone? - PhilArchive
A critique of John Rawls' gamification of justice.
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November 23, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Rawls was (literally) not a serious thinker.
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Yes, I can see the resemblance with an AI Conquistador.
October 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Yes, I can see the resemblance with an AI Conquistador.
You mean like in that song?
youtu.be/9-WBZMRFFkU?...
youtu.be/9-WBZMRFFkU?...
The Tragically Hip - Locked In The Trunk Of A Car (Official Video)
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October 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
You mean like in that song?
youtu.be/9-WBZMRFFkU?...
youtu.be/9-WBZMRFFkU?...
I am, I really am. Very much so. But you're a pink bunny.
October 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I am, I really am. Very much so. But you're a pink bunny.
In what sense do I base my argument on being "an anesthetic"? I don't understand. And who, and in what positions, do you think I failed to talk with? Jewish historians? Pro Hamas protestors? I don't follow.
October 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
In what sense do I base my argument on being "an anesthetic"? I don't understand. And who, and in what positions, do you think I failed to talk with? Jewish historians? Pro Hamas protestors? I don't follow.
Could you give me an example of what you mean?
October 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Could you give me an example of what you mean?
While I very much appreciate your efforts, this post ultimately serves only to feed antisemitism. Here's why: open.substack.com/pub/charlesb...
We’re Getting Antisemitism Wrong
And it’s undermining our fight against it
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October 24, 2025 at 2:57 AM
While I very much appreciate your efforts, this post ultimately serves only to feed antisemitism. Here's why: open.substack.com/pub/charlesb...
Good for them. Aristotelians are right that, rather than "means," we should more often than not speak of "towards-the-ends."
October 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Good for them. Aristotelians are right that, rather than "means," we should more often than not speak of "towards-the-ends."
Answer: the vehicle's speed limit should adjust depending on what the GPS indicates it is. But even before GPS, they could've at least set it at 120. They didn't for the same reason they've been denying the realities of Covid: bullshit.
September 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Answer: the vehicle's speed limit should adjust depending on what the GPS indicates it is. But even before GPS, they could've at least set it at 120. They didn't for the same reason they've been denying the realities of Covid: bullshit.
Since you're an engineer, I'll raise what I believe is a common sense objection to speed cameras: Why do they allow vehicles to be built that go faster than the speed limit?
September 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Since you're an engineer, I'll raise what I believe is a common sense objection to speed cameras: Why do they allow vehicles to be built that go faster than the speed limit?
I provide links to 100+ articles of "Covid research cited in scholarly journals and/or trustworthy popular media" and you call them "fantasies"? And despite repeated requests, you offer not a single link to a paper supporting your point of view.
Someone needs to go back to persuasion school!
Someone needs to go back to persuasion school!
September 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I provide links to 100+ articles of "Covid research cited in scholarly journals and/or trustworthy popular media" and you call them "fantasies"? And despite repeated requests, you offer not a single link to a paper supporting your point of view.
Someone needs to go back to persuasion school!
Someone needs to go back to persuasion school!
You read all the articles (e.g. docs.google.com/document/u/0...) and expect me, who has no choice but to follow the most credible seeming authorities, to take your judgment over that of all the peer reviewers and LLMs. Why would I do that? Why would you?
Too bad for me, since I hate wearing a mask.
Too bad for me, since I hate wearing a mask.
COVID research & implications
Covid research & implications Purpose: This document is a running curation of Covid research cited in scholarly journals and/or trustworthy popular media, with the goal of forming a story about the i...
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September 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
You read all the articles (e.g. docs.google.com/document/u/0...) and expect me, who has no choice but to follow the most credible seeming authorities, to take your judgment over that of all the peer reviewers and LLMs. Why would I do that? Why would you?
Too bad for me, since I hate wearing a mask.
Too bad for me, since I hate wearing a mask.
You're begging the question (sorry, I'm a philosopher): you can't just declare the papers you disagree with to be "bad" when that's what's at issue here. Just link to ONE paper that suggest the chances of serious damage from a Covid infection is far lower than 5%. Please, I'm not going to ask again.
September 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
You're begging the question (sorry, I'm a philosopher): you can't just declare the papers you disagree with to be "bad" when that's what's at issue here. Just link to ONE paper that suggest the chances of serious damage from a Covid infection is far lower than 5%. Please, I'm not going to ask again.