Reynier the Fox
@lightrey.bsky.social
Generally, being a philosopher means being the most annoying person in the room.
I am that room.
I am that room.
The whole "don't feed the trolls" argument never actually held any water anyways. It's just the online equivalent of "just ignore the bullies" and anyone who's ever been bullied knows how useless that advice is.
February 9, 2026 at 3:30 PM
The whole "don't feed the trolls" argument never actually held any water anyways. It's just the online equivalent of "just ignore the bullies" and anyone who's ever been bullied knows how useless that advice is.
Exactly. Morality is not about improving the world to them. It's just another way to divide people up into superior versus inferior, for the exact same purposes as any other such distinctions are made by people.
February 8, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Exactly. Morality is not about improving the world to them. It's just another way to divide people up into superior versus inferior, for the exact same purposes as any other such distinctions are made by people.
Oh I remember that guy.
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Oh I remember that guy.
Most men in these fields aren't obvious misogynists otherwise; they often genuinely think they value men and women equally. But at the same time (at least in my student days ~15 years ago) "feminist" is a bad word and unscientific ideas of differences between men and women are treated as fact.
February 6, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Most men in these fields aren't obvious misogynists otherwise; they often genuinely think they value men and women equally. But at the same time (at least in my student days ~15 years ago) "feminist" is a bad word and unscientific ideas of differences between men and women are treated as fact.
Having studied astronomy (in the Netherlands, I should say) before I switched to philosophy, I cannot stress enough how sexist math-heavy fields often are. The myth that men are naturally better at math is very pervasive, and reinforced by the fact that men often dominate these fields.
February 6, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Having studied astronomy (in the Netherlands, I should say) before I switched to philosophy, I cannot stress enough how sexist math-heavy fields often are. The myth that men are naturally better at math is very pervasive, and reinforced by the fact that men often dominate these fields.
It's very prone to hallucination though, especially if the information you're looking for is hard to find.
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 PM
It's very prone to hallucination though, especially if the information you're looking for is hard to find.
Why don't you just use regular internet searches on your own? At this point (if you're actually doing everything properly) you'd just be cutting out the middleman, and probably still be getting more reliable results.
February 5, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Why don't you just use regular internet searches on your own? At this point (if you're actually doing everything properly) you'd just be cutting out the middleman, and probably still be getting more reliable results.
But just as a knowledgeable person I can tell you that LLMs aren't designed to be reliable search engines. They're designed to give sensible-sounding answers. You don't know if the sources agree with the LLM's description unless you check, and even then you don't know if there is a selection bias.
February 5, 2026 at 1:17 PM
But just as a knowledgeable person I can tell you that LLMs aren't designed to be reliable search engines. They're designed to give sensible-sounding answers. You don't know if the sources agree with the LLM's description unless you check, and even then you don't know if there is a selection bias.
Philosophers aren't really experts on AI outside of perhaps those who specialize in philosophy of technology. There's nothing I can say as a philosopher per se that has much bearing on the usefulness of AI; it'd be more about any moral or epistemic implications surrounding it.
February 5, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Philosophers aren't really experts on AI outside of perhaps those who specialize in philosophy of technology. There's nothing I can say as a philosopher per se that has much bearing on the usefulness of AI; it'd be more about any moral or epistemic implications surrounding it.
So you did use AI.
February 5, 2026 at 12:39 PM
So you did use AI.
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“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved
After a frightening pursuit by federal agents, suburban ICE observers say fear hasn’t stopped them from protecting their communities.
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February 4, 2026 at 3:45 PM
“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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February 4, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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You seem unhinged and I wouldn't want to work with you. You need a time out to cool off.
February 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM
You seem unhinged and I wouldn't want to work with you. You need a time out to cool off.
Y'know, I could swear I heard nobody ask for your advice.
February 3, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Y'know, I could swear I heard nobody ask for your advice.
2) means that protests are a different kind of tool to them.
To them, protests are a different means to a different end. They're resentful, because, in their eyes, the people of Minnesota are using this tool in the "wrong" way, for the "wrong" purpose.
To them, protests are a different means to a different end. They're resentful, because, in their eyes, the people of Minnesota are using this tool in the "wrong" way, for the "wrong" purpose.
February 3, 2026 at 4:23 PM
2) means that protests are a different kind of tool to them.
To them, protests are a different means to a different end. They're resentful, because, in their eyes, the people of Minnesota are using this tool in the "wrong" way, for the "wrong" purpose.
To them, protests are a different means to a different end. They're resentful, because, in their eyes, the people of Minnesota are using this tool in the "wrong" way, for the "wrong" purpose.
I think it's just good, old-fashioned, unadulterated resentment. Consider what distinguishes them. These are people for whom the bar for going to a protest is far lower than for the majority of people. That 1) means that they have different reasons to protest (as we can easily observe), but also
February 3, 2026 at 4:23 PM
I think it's just good, old-fashioned, unadulterated resentment. Consider what distinguishes them. These are people for whom the bar for going to a protest is far lower than for the majority of people. That 1) means that they have different reasons to protest (as we can easily observe), but also
I figured that was your intention. I was mostly thinking in terms of absolute numbers so I agree. But at the same time I do see a lot of people in science consistently try to justify mechanisms that exist in the way things are currently organized that are simply detrimental, if not outright immoral.
February 3, 2026 at 6:06 AM
I figured that was your intention. I was mostly thinking in terms of absolute numbers so I agree. But at the same time I do see a lot of people in science consistently try to justify mechanisms that exist in the way things are currently organized that are simply detrimental, if not outright immoral.
Oh it's so much funnier than that. He programmed it to simp for him and every time people find a way to make the bot say something that makes him look bad, he has it reprogrammed again to be better at simping for him.
Oh and on a not so funny note it produces AI child porn now.
Oh and on a not so funny note it produces AI child porn now.
February 2, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Oh it's so much funnier than that. He programmed it to simp for him and every time people find a way to make the bot say something that makes him look bad, he has it reprogrammed again to be better at simping for him.
Oh and on a not so funny note it produces AI child porn now.
Oh and on a not so funny note it produces AI child porn now.
Als je zou schrijven als een volwassene, zouden meer mensen je serieus nemen.
February 2, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Als je zou schrijven als een volwassene, zouden meer mensen je serieus nemen.
A lot of his work is just (early) Enlightenment rationalism redressed in a computer metaphor. It got disproved because it had already been disproved before. IMO it never really added anything and disproving it only advanced science insofar as it undid anything that Chomsky did to set it back.
February 1, 2026 at 6:39 PM
A lot of his work is just (early) Enlightenment rationalism redressed in a computer metaphor. It got disproved because it had already been disproved before. IMO it never really added anything and disproving it only advanced science insofar as it undid anything that Chomsky did to set it back.
Now we're stuck with the horrible reality that a lot of "top" science has been funded by the world's most notorious child sex trafficking ring.
February 1, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Now we're stuck with the horrible reality that a lot of "top" science has been funded by the world's most notorious child sex trafficking ring.
I think all of us in academia know that for a while now science has not really run on merit but rather on ability to acquire funding. Epstein was obviously keen to exploit this, enticing academics into associating with him (eventually beyond a point of no return) in exchange for funding.
February 1, 2026 at 6:03 PM
I think all of us in academia know that for a while now science has not really run on merit but rather on ability to acquire funding. Epstein was obviously keen to exploit this, enticing academics into associating with him (eventually beyond a point of no return) in exchange for funding.