AI is not foolproof either.
Nine years ago, I wrote that search engines look for relevance, not truth. The box answers you directly now, and the problem didn’t go away — it got quieter.
RationalityA collection of 8 posts
The Line We Can’t Draw: The Orphan and the Pig
We already refuse to farm our most vulnerable. Consistency asks us to mean it.
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence … Or is it?
You have probably encountered this slogan in an online debate, usually deployed with the air of someone…
Conspiracy Theories – Why they are actually an easy answer and why do people believe in them
About one-third of Americans believe that 9/11 was an inside job by the Bush Administration. source: Scientific American.
Critical thinking: why and how?
As the beliefs we have influence the experiences we face, what we believe seems very important. What we think about the issues we face influences how we spend our time on this earth. While I don’t believe for a second in the absolutism of ‘you attract what you are’ because it is partly blaming the victims of abuse for their experiences, we should not deny the impact of our beliefs on our experiences.
Problems in our world: The desire to be right
Even if you do not participate in any sort of online discussions you must have noticed that there’s basically no end to online debates and that all your rebuttals often make your opponents withdraw even deeper into their beliefs, without even considering that they are not on a firm ground.
What do I believe as an Atheist?
One important thing to know about being an atheist is that there is very little common philosophy that all atheists can agree on. Not even all atheists can come under the same umbrella term