Glen Kappel
@uli09.bsky.social
Renegade amateur philosophy enthusiast
Cognitive science keeper-upper
Music software designer
Aging goofball
Cognitive science keeper-upper
Music software designer
Aging goofball
Looking for its lost phone. “It’s not that one, or the one filming me but it’s here somewhere on the beach I just know it…”
March 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Looking for its lost phone. “It’s not that one, or the one filming me but it’s here somewhere on the beach I just know it…”
I’m thinking Mad World in Donnie Darko? Also maybe in Westworld?
March 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I’m thinking Mad World in Donnie Darko? Also maybe in Westworld?
Rented it for $1.99 and I feel ripped off
March 12, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Rented it for $1.99 and I feel ripped off
Funny, just last night I was thinking, “Where are all the Chesterton’s fence-style conservatives? Might be nice to hear from them these days!”
February 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Funny, just last night I was thinking, “Where are all the Chesterton’s fence-style conservatives? Might be nice to hear from them these days!”
Maybe it’s not about supplying the activists with anything, but rather about properly grounding the metaphysician’s attitude toward activism?
February 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Maybe it’s not about supplying the activists with anything, but rather about properly grounding the metaphysician’s attitude toward activism?
Totally understand. Dark topics indeed. I did get the links and was an interesting exchange, thanks
February 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Totally understand. Dark topics indeed. I did get the links and was an interesting exchange, thanks
Or I guess in some cases gnostic options?
February 17, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Or I guess in some cases gnostic options?
Right. And if they reject Christianity for Nietzschean anti-egalitarian reasons, and the other Abrahamic religions (because they’re Nazis) you’re left with Dharmic and pagan or Greek/Norse options for supernatural revival, I suppose
February 17, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Right. And if they reject Christianity for Nietzschean anti-egalitarian reasons, and the other Abrahamic religions (because they’re Nazis) you’re left with Dharmic and pagan or Greek/Norse options for supernatural revival, I suppose
Ah, right! I suppose for any train of thought that is nostalgic for enchantment and various supernaturalisms, occultism is right there as an option too. When you’re in the business of recovering old gods, you recover demons into the bargain?
February 17, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Ah, right! I suppose for any train of thought that is nostalgic for enchantment and various supernaturalisms, occultism is right there as an option too. When you’re in the business of recovering old gods, you recover demons into the bargain?
Spinoza is someone I understand far less than I’d like to. I’ve tried reading him but find it hard going. I think (regular) utilitarianism is appropriate for democratic institutions (treat people equally), ethics-wise, but I’m more of a sort of virtue ethics advocate on the personal level
February 17, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Spinoza is someone I understand far less than I’d like to. I’ve tried reading him but find it hard going. I think (regular) utilitarianism is appropriate for democratic institutions (treat people equally), ethics-wise, but I’m more of a sort of virtue ethics advocate on the personal level
Interesting! Are the occult roots related to the irrationalism of (say) de Maistre? The closest I’ve come to this stuff is in War for Eternity (Teitelbaum) or reviews of figures on the right by Matt McManus. (Cross-thinking is often fascinating!)
February 17, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Interesting! Are the occult roots related to the irrationalism of (say) de Maistre? The closest I’ve come to this stuff is in War for Eternity (Teitelbaum) or reviews of figures on the right by Matt McManus. (Cross-thinking is often fascinating!)
For context, it was something I read in Rorty’s Pragmatism as Antiauthoritarianism (which I’m much more aligned with) that preceded my thought that Nietzsche could be construed as an anti-egalitarian utilitarian of the utility monster type. Much to like about Nietzsche but not this part IMO
February 17, 2025 at 2:26 AM
For context, it was something I read in Rorty’s Pragmatism as Antiauthoritarianism (which I’m much more aligned with) that preceded my thought that Nietzsche could be construed as an anti-egalitarian utilitarian of the utility monster type. Much to like about Nietzsche but not this part IMO
Yeah Nietzsche’s view is notoriously elitist/aristocratic (and tbc, I’m not endorsing this). Nozick’s critique is meant as a reductio as I recall, so even though he’s on the political right, he isn’t endorsing it either. I meant the joke as a way to highlight Nietzsche’s repugnance on this
February 17, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Yeah Nietzsche’s view is notoriously elitist/aristocratic (and tbc, I’m not endorsing this). Nozick’s critique is meant as a reductio as I recall, so even though he’s on the political right, he isn’t endorsing it either. I meant the joke as a way to highlight Nietzsche’s repugnance on this
Maybe! (I’m not very familiar with Freud…)
Nietzsche hated utilitarianism because it’s normally construed in egalitarian terms. But if he heard Nozick’s later critique he may’ve been all for it. (Or that’s the idea for the joke; not that it’s a knee-slapper)
Nietzsche hated utilitarianism because it’s normally construed in egalitarian terms. But if he heard Nozick’s later critique he may’ve been all for it. (Or that’s the idea for the joke; not that it’s a knee-slapper)
February 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Maybe! (I’m not very familiar with Freud…)
Nietzsche hated utilitarianism because it’s normally construed in egalitarian terms. But if he heard Nozick’s later critique he may’ve been all for it. (Or that’s the idea for the joke; not that it’s a knee-slapper)
Nietzsche hated utilitarianism because it’s normally construed in egalitarian terms. But if he heard Nozick’s later critique he may’ve been all for it. (Or that’s the idea for the joke; not that it’s a knee-slapper)
Nozick thought experiment. The idea that some beings get more happiness out of units of pleasure than others so if they hoard them the overall happiness increases
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility...
Utility monster - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Nozick thought experiment. The idea that some beings get more happiness out of units of pleasure than others so if they hoard them the overall happiness increases
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility...
But why would you think he is older, especially given his limited output?
February 11, 2025 at 1:46 AM
But why would you think he is older, especially given his limited output?
Perhaps people are just more inclined to trust others who have made their moral commitments explicit and are sensitive to being reinforced/questioned by others with similar commitments?
February 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Perhaps people are just more inclined to trust others who have made their moral commitments explicit and are sensitive to being reinforced/questioned by others with similar commitments?
Cool stuff! But I’m struggling to distinguish having “an intuitive preference for belief” from (say) recognizing the value of socially embedded moral accountability offered by religious communities/institutions? The thought is that maybe the metaphysical views have little to do with the preference?
February 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Cool stuff! But I’m struggling to distinguish having “an intuitive preference for belief” from (say) recognizing the value of socially embedded moral accountability offered by religious communities/institutions? The thought is that maybe the metaphysical views have little to do with the preference?
‘The good ol’ days’ when you got your job because you knew a guy, or your friend did, all of whom were in the same social class as you, or lived in the same neighbourhood, or went to the same school, or church, or was related to you, or a friend…
February 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
‘The good ol’ days’ when you got your job because you knew a guy, or your friend did, all of whom were in the same social class as you, or lived in the same neighbourhood, or went to the same school, or church, or was related to you, or a friend…
Rate of statue production?
February 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Rate of statue production?