Category Archives: philosophy

Another False Eschatology

Posted on April 14, 2020 by acorwin

You know how light always travels the fastest path, even though that’s obviously impossible and makes no fucking sense? Also, how the many-worlds interpretation is true? Bear with me, I’m going somewhere with this. The you that experiences has to … Continue reading →

Posted in philosophy | 2 Comments

On Trolley Problems

Posted on December 28, 2016 by acorwin

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice There’s a philosophical question that people seem to struggle with, commonly called the trolley problem, that I never really got the difficulty of until fairly recently. The original … Continue reading →

Posted in morality, philosophy | Leave a comment

The Moral Calculus Of Suicide

Posted on December 10, 2015 by acorwin

From some sort of (poorly-understood) utilitarian standpoint, suicide (like anything) is immoral iff it increases the total suffering in the world. Presumably a person who is suicidal is experiencing significant suffering, and thus killing themselves is reducing total suffering for … Continue reading →

Posted in math, morality, philosophy | Tagged | Leave a comment