Neil Levy
@neillevy.bsky.social
Okay, but things like that are designed to be crap. There's no upside to designing a good system. No one minds if you kick the poor: even if they weren't committing benefit fraud, they're surely up to something.
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Okay, but things like that are designed to be crap. There's no upside to designing a good system. No one minds if you kick the poor: even if they weren't committing benefit fraud, they're surely up to something.
I’m more interested in why people think it’s interesting than in consciousness. I suspect that though philosophers are careful to distinguish different kinds of consciousness, they often assign it an importance it could have only if these distinctions collapse.
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 AM
I’m more interested in why people think it’s interesting than in consciousness. I suspect that though philosophers are careful to distinguish different kinds of consciousness, they often assign it an importance it could have only if these distinctions collapse.
Me neither, anonymous small woman. Me neither.
November 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Me neither, anonymous small woman. Me neither.
Lots of versions of Paul Simon songs. A surprising number of Smells like teen spirit.
November 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Lots of versions of Paul Simon songs. A surprising number of Smells like teen spirit.
None of these are standards, but there are lots of cases of people choosing songs because they like them. Lots of rock/pop songs by Brad Mehldau, the Bad Plus, and so many Beatles covers. That you can call them on the bandstand gives them a leg up.
Anyway, here's Wonderwall.
youtu.be/pHiwry1J6OU?...
Anyway, here's Wonderwall.
youtu.be/pHiwry1J6OU?...
Wonderwall
YouTube video by Brad Mehldau - Topic
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
None of these are standards, but there are lots of cases of people choosing songs because they like them. Lots of rock/pop songs by Brad Mehldau, the Bad Plus, and so many Beatles covers. That you can call them on the bandstand gives them a leg up.
Anyway, here's Wonderwall.
youtu.be/pHiwry1J6OU?...
Anyway, here's Wonderwall.
youtu.be/pHiwry1J6OU?...
I've never heard the original version of most of the standards, so I'm sorta reverse engineering. Branford Marsalis (IIRC) has a story about someone saying that they liked to bear the words in mind when improvising. A bandmate said "there are words?"
November 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I've never heard the original version of most of the standards, so I'm sorta reverse engineering. Branford Marsalis (IIRC) has a story about someone saying that they liked to bear the words in mind when improvising. A bandmate said "there are words?"
I definitely give you Gershwin. But other standards are very non jazzy. Surrey with the fringe on top and My favorite things come to mind.
November 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I definitely give you Gershwin. But other standards are very non jazzy. Surrey with the fringe on top and My favorite things come to mind.
Not sure I agree with this. What makes them jazzy? They became standards because an improvisational music benefits from a common repertoire. These songs became standards because they were well known and had interesting chord changes.
November 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Not sure I agree with this. What makes them jazzy? They became standards because an improvisational music benefits from a common repertoire. These songs became standards because they were well known and had interesting chord changes.
I'm vague, grammatical and wrong. Tag yourself.
October 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I'm vague, grammatical and wrong. Tag yourself.
Here he comes.... the 'ero we need.
October 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Here he comes.... the 'ero we need.
If I can handle 'organism,' you can handle erotetic.
October 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
If I can handle 'organism,' you can handle erotetic.
Interpretive ability often dissociates from capacity to develop theories. See Fodor on Hume, Kripke on Wittgenstein, Sartre on Heidegger.
October 28, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Interpretive ability often dissociates from capacity to develop theories. See Fodor on Hume, Kripke on Wittgenstein, Sartre on Heidegger.
If I’m reading this correctly, “Google Scholar” has not introduced this. Someone has made a browser extension that measures it.
October 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
If I’m reading this correctly, “Google Scholar” has not introduced this. Someone has made a browser extension that measures it.
I look forward to Christmas with interest.
October 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I look forward to Christmas with interest.
TBH, I always get confused on the proper forms of address. Should I address him as twat or steaming pile of dog turds?
October 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
TBH, I always get confused on the proper forms of address. Should I address him as twat or steaming pile of dog turds?
Were you paid to write this? Or are you posting pro bro pro bono?
October 15, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Were you paid to write this? Or are you posting pro bro pro bono?
Made only slightly more puzzling by the fact that the link is to an article that doesn't mention ethicists.
October 15, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Made only slightly more puzzling by the fact that the link is to an article that doesn't mention ethicists.