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www.lesswrong.com | ||
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philpapers.org
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| | | | | [AI summary] The provided text is a collection of academic and philosophical works, primarily focused on cosmology, physics, and related interdisciplinary topics. It includes references to various theories, models, and debates in modern cosmology, such as dark energy, dark matter, the Big Bang, and the Boltzmann Brain problem. There are also discussions on philosophical implications, such as the nature of reality, the role of observation, and the relationship between science and religion. The text spans multiple disciplines, including philosophy, physics, and the history of science, with a particular emphasis on the conceptual and epistemological challenges in cosmology. | |
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www.greaterwrong.com
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| | | | | John Keats's Lamia (1819) surely deserves some kind of award for Most Famously Annoying Poetry: ...Do not all charms fly At the mere touch of cold philosophy? There was an awful rainbow once in heaven: We know her woof, her texture; she is given In the dull catalogue of common things. Philosophy will clip an Angel's wings, Conquer all mysteries by rule and line, Empty the haunted air, and gnomed mine- Unweave a rainbow... My usual reply ends with the phrase: "If we cannot learn to take joy in the merely real, our lives will be empty indeed." I shall expand on that tomorrow. | |
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www.greaterwrong.com
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| | | | | Due in part to Eliezer's writing style (e.g. not many citations), and in part to Eliezer's scholarship preferences (e.g. his preference to figure out much of philosophy on his own), Eliezer's Sequences don't accurately reflect the close agreement between the content of The Sequences and work previously done in mainstream academia. I predict several effects from this: I'd like to counteract these effects by connecting the Sequences to the professional literature. (Note: I sort of doubt it would have been a good idea for Eliezer to spend his time tracking down more references and so on, but I realized a few weeks ago that it wouldn't take me much effort to list some of those references.) | |
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nonzerosum.games
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| | | A speculative exploration into the foundations of gravity, the role of entropy in emergence, and the philosophical implications of creating something from nothing. | ||
