http://trilema.com/2015/the-meta-problem/ Moving targets for a fast crowd. Sat, 16 May 2026 13:28:21 +0000 http://polimedia.us hourly 1 http://trilema.com/2015/the-meta-problem/#comment-143512 I fucking love science, or why "global warming" wouldn't produce "superhurricanes" on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Wed, 08 Jan 2020 10:31:13 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=59615#comment-143512 [...] and nothing more. Do have it looked into, I hear getting a glimpse into how retarded you are is rare and expensive, and shouldn't be [...] [...] and nothing more. Do have it looked into, I hear getting a glimpse into how retarded you are is rare and expensive, and shouldn't be [...]

]]> http://trilema.com/2015/the-meta-problem/#comment-141172 More problems of meta. on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Tue, 07 Jan 2020 16:00:11 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=59615#comment-141172 [...] political representation, and with it any possibility of sane political arrangements for the "genre savvy" population. It doesn't, unfortunately, stop [...] [...] political representation, and with it any possibility of sane political arrangements for the "genre savvy" population. It doesn't, unfortunately, stop [...]

]]> http://trilema.com/2015/the-meta-problem/#comment-141011 Gerald Davis is wrong. Here's why. on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Tue, 07 Jan 2020 13:24:14 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=59615#comment-141011 [...] Much more importantly, the intellectual situation of the author belies a fundamental incongruity with the new world we're here to help birth : he argues as to purposes. This is irrelevant. We're not here for a purpose, we're here for a cause, the difference is marked and all important. Arguing as to what "the effects" of this or that may be is exactly the mode of pseudologic that got you in the bind you're in, and in the bind out of which Satoshi aimed to extract you. It's the paper bag, or if you will the meta-problem. [...] [...] Much more importantly, the intellectual situation of the author belies a fundamental incongruity with the new world we're here to help birth : he argues as to purposes. This is irrelevant. We're not here for a purpose, we're here for a cause, the difference is marked and all important. Arguing as to what "the effects" of this or that may be is exactly the mode of pseudologic that got you in the bind you're in, and in the bind out of which Satoshi aimed to extract you. It's the paper bag, or if you will the meta-problem. [...]

]]> http://trilema.com/2015/the-meta-problem/#comment-141000 Have some chocolate cake. on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Tue, 07 Jan 2020 13:23:18 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=59615#comment-141000 [...] Certainly not. But that is the other way this is all about the meta problem. He actually is right and not aware of it. This is what that means. What "idea" ? You can't have an [...] [...] Certainly not. But that is the other way this is all about the meta problem. He actually is right and not aware of it. This is what that means. What "idea" ? You can't have an [...]

]]> http://trilema.com/2015/the-meta-problem/#comment-140997 Aseara fusei la una... on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Tue, 07 Jan 2020 13:23:07 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=59615#comment-140997 [...] would never ever represent childbirth as a joint operation of both genders. You know this, because you're stupid. [↩]What you call things is more complicated than at first appears. [↩]Literally, any [...] [...] would never ever represent childbirth as a joint operation of both genders. You know this, because you're stupid. [↩]What you call things is more complicated than at first appears. [↩]Literally, any [...]

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