Virtue AI: ‘Refinement’ vs ‘Replacement’ as the End of LLMs
"What is clear from an understanding of language itself is that the entire model of AI as a replacement for humans is unsustainable for the AI."
An Ontological Argument for the Non-Existence of God
Abstract This paper argues that the monotheistic concept of God, understood as a unified transcendental ground of being, truth, and value, is ontologically false. It begins with the concept of…
Dismantling the Transcendental Argument
The logical word game that has dominated the world of 'Internet Blood Sports' debate
All Gun Statistics are Bullshit
The gun question is not a question about safety. It’s a question about what kind of people we want to be.
PUBLISHED: The Hero and the Man
After many months, The Hero and the Man is finally up on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Hero-Man-Language-Homeric-Idealism/dp/1653884800/ref=zg_bsnr_11053_11?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=AD4HMKH07E70PC11CSNS If you have an interest in Homer (or the classics generally), the philosophy of language, religion,…
In Defense of Hatred Review
A college professor recently posted a review of In Defense of Hatred, offering it as a possible critical thinking tool for students to evaluate contrarian arguments: After rereading the book…
Friday Night Hate
In preparation for his upcoming book Make America Hate Again, Milo Yiannopoulos had me on as a guest on his show "Friday Night's All Right." We talked about hatred, disgust,…
Review of Holy Nihilism
Eric Grant Claussen from Cultivate Virtue reviews Holy Nihilism: The Moral and Spiritual Case Against Christianity: I’ve read most of the anti-Christian authors worth their salt.Dawkins, Dennett, Harris and others.This…
On Critical Race Theory
I think it's worth saying a word about "systemic racism," now that recent politics has brought critical race-theory into the public eye. The concept of systemic racism is a creation…