**Written in Mathematics: Descartes’ Physics**
“_For Descartes body is purely geometrical. So how does he understand features we can perceive, like color, and causation between bodies?_”
We have sacrificed lateral thinking in the name of production, efficiency, and profit. Now, for the very same reasons, we’re trying to teach it to machines.
The paradox of AI is, in fact, our own.
Here’s a short article that, moving between past and future, invites us to reflect on our present.
#AI #artificialintelligence #robotics #industrialdesign #technology #science #culture #philosophy #automation #economy #HumanSciences #computerscience #programming #engineering
**Adam Smith on Slavery**
Jack Russell Weinstein
“_Smith offered an economic argument against slavery because he did not believe that monarchy (or freedom from it), wealth, or religion can be trusted to convince people to free their slaves._”
https://www.adamsmithworks.org/documents/adam-smith-on-slavery.
'Blessed are those who seek unity in a divided world, for they shall be called the children of peace.'
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une bonne et une mauvaise nouvelle
Schrödinger cat / le chat de Schrödinger
tags : en même temps, physique quantique, mort et vivant, #caturday #cats #science #philosophy #drawing
#Neulateinische Neuerscheinung: Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni, Brian P. Copenhaver, und Giovanni Pico della Mirandola. Nine Hundred Conclusions. I Tatti Renaissance Library, ITRL 100. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2025.
"Instead of fighting the world, kill your ego." #stoicism #life #philosophy
From: blenderdumbass . org
There is a certain sense among cinephiles that the danish filmmaker Lars Von Trier is nothing but an edge lord, making his films simply as a sort of pornography designed to outrage people. It does not help his case that his films are some of the hardest films to watch. And it doesn't help that his movies tend to touch upon uncomfortable thing...
Read or listen: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/is_lars_von_trier_really_an_edge_lord_
"𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚜𝚔 𝚊 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗; 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛."
─ 𝘊𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘩𝘢𝘮'𝘴 𝘓𝘢𝘸
Wer dachte, dass philosophisch-anthropologische Sprachtheorien tot seien, hatte völlig recht ‒ bis jetzt.
Save the date: 13.10.2025!
Deutsche Grammatik instruktiv. Eine philosophisch-anthropologische Einführung
@thisismyglasgow Those Victorian/Edwardian builders seemed to promote a useful AND beautiful approach to their public buildings and utilities. (William Morris)
This is a 'simple' pumping station at Tala
Today, we remembers the death of the German Protestant theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was executed on this day in 1945 for his active opposition to Nazism. May his courage and his memory never be forgotten. #dietrichbonhoeffer #fascism #nazism #Trump #MAGA #Germany #theology #USA #stupidity #cheapgrace #religion #christianity #christian #ChristianNationalism #philosophy #sociology #psychology #resist #TrumpLies #trumptariffs #decline #usa #jesus
Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s confrontation with President Trump and VP Vance showed both personal and political courage – echoing German philosopher Paul Tillich's writings during the Nazi era and later about the "courage to be in spite of" – standing firm for Ukraine's dignity against pressure. It also shows "courage to be as a part" of a larger cause.
A philosopher’s take:
https://theconversation.com/the-courage-to-be-in-uncertain-times-how-one-20th-century-philosopher-defined-bravery-250576
From: blenderdumbass . org
It is estimated that by 2030 the child-surveillance industry will grow to $500 billion. An industry that capitalizes on bogus fears and causes anxiety in parents and children ( for different reasons ). And an industry that is both directly and indirectly causing the privacy nightmare that we are experiencing. On many levels...
Read or listen: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/_500_billion_industry_that_causes_not_only_the_loss_of_freedom_but_also_increases_anxiety
From: blenderdumbass . org
A large majority of people confuse privacy with data protection. And lately I'm noticing an uproar of ideologies that claim to be pro-freedom in one way or another, but which threaten freedom as a whole. I think there is a certain copyright mentality to them. Certain misunderstanding of ownership which makes fighting for freed...
Read or listen: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/the_copyright_mentality
I want to avoid the news for a week or two, but I need some fun stuff to read during that time. I'm thinking about getting an RSS reader. Does anyone have some good feeds to recommend? #Programming, #art, #literature, non-technical #science and #philosophy (Continental & pragmatist, please—not interested in analytical), #history, #Judaism, stuff like that.
"Our world should be at its most analyzable, explicable — but still it can feel like sorcery."
Eric Boodman for New York magazine: https://longreads.com/2025/04/08/does-luck-exist/
#Longreads #Luck #Chance #Probability #Philosophy#Superstition
Auguste Comte: The Life & Legacy of the Philosopher of Positivism
Auguste Comte revolutionized philosophy and sociology with positivism, laying the foundation for modern social sciences.
by Viktoriya Sus
https://www.thecollector.com/august-comte-life-legacy-philosophy-positivism/
Books by Auguste Comte at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/35532
Oh Christ, what is he gonna do to George? #philosophy #hegel #MAGA #sociology #Germany #academicchatter #academicmastodon #trump
“𝙳𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙 𝚋𝚎𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚒𝚌.”
― 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵, 𝘋𝘶𝘯𝘦
