March 2020 - Making Up Minds

Marshall Davis on Christian and Taoist Non-Duality

Post author:Gabriel
Post published:March 27, 2020
Post category:nonduality philosophy religion

I haven't been a Christian since I was a teenager. I grew up in a non-denominational protestant family, but my parents were hippies and, when I was young, organized religion…

Transformative Experience and Skepticism

Post author:Gabriel
Post published:March 26, 2020
Post category:philosophy religion

I previously posted about this discussion between Sean Carroll and LA Paul. It's very fascinating, and is basically about the difficulty of making choices when the choice that is made…

Uncertain Preferences, Transformative Experiences, and AI

Post author:Gabriel
Post published:March 5, 2020
Post category:artificial intelligence philosophy religion

I recently finished Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control by Stuart Russell, and I highly recommend it. A lot has been written in the past 5-10 years…