Epicurus
@sleepyepicurean.bsky.social
Bioethics, philosophy of death, personal identity, fictionalism, autonomy.
Previously had an identifiable, non-pseudonymous account, but my career outside philosophy is not secure enough for me to be listed unjustly on public, pejoratively-named blocklists
Previously had an identifiable, non-pseudonymous account, but my career outside philosophy is not secure enough for me to be listed unjustly on public, pejoratively-named blocklists
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The 2024 Headline of the Year Nominees
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December 22, 2024 at 6:48 PM
The 2024 Headline of the Year Nominees
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Scientists rediscover Hume
All of statistics and much of science depends on probability — an astonishing achievement, considering no one’s really sure what it is. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Why probability probably doesn’t exist (but it is useful to act like it does)
All of statistics and much of science depends on probability — an astonishing achievement, considering no one’s really sure what it is.
www.nature.com
December 19, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Scientists rediscover Hume
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Trump says RFK Jr will “investigate” the link between vaccines and autism as “somebody needs to find out.”
We’ve ALREADY FOUND OUT
- >600,000 kids in Denmark
- >90,000 in the US
- >1.2m kids worldwide
NO LINK.
How many more of these does he want us to do?
We’ve ALREADY FOUND OUT
- >600,000 kids in Denmark
- >90,000 in the US
- >1.2m kids worldwide
NO LINK.
How many more of these does he want us to do?
December 9, 2024 at 6:42 AM
Trump says RFK Jr will “investigate” the link between vaccines and autism as “somebody needs to find out.”
We’ve ALREADY FOUND OUT
- >600,000 kids in Denmark
- >90,000 in the US
- >1.2m kids worldwide
NO LINK.
How many more of these does he want us to do?
We’ve ALREADY FOUND OUT
- >600,000 kids in Denmark
- >90,000 in the US
- >1.2m kids worldwide
NO LINK.
How many more of these does he want us to do?
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Here is a fascinating article by Fara Dabhoiwala in the LRB about the 18c Afro-Jamaica polymath Francis Williams (c, 1690-c. 1770). Brilliant detective work on the level of Carlo Ginsburg. And it has a Benjamin Lay connection!
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Fara Dabhoiwala · A Man of Parts and Learning: Francis Williams Gets His Due
The only certainty about the picture is that it shows Francis Williams. No one has ever been able to discover who...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 19, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Here is a fascinating article by Fara Dabhoiwala in the LRB about the 18c Afro-Jamaica polymath Francis Williams (c, 1690-c. 1770). Brilliant detective work on the level of Carlo Ginsburg. And it has a Benjamin Lay connection!
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...