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Tag Archives: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The science of personal survival
There are various competing strategies how to achieve meaningful life extension or rejuvenation, including , but not limited to, genetic manipulation, periodical elimination of damage, caloric restriction, molecular nanotechnology and mind uploading. A useful review of these strategies has been … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics, Death, Science
Tagged Anti-Aging, Biotechnology, Cryonics, Inductivism, Longevity Science, Mind Uploading, Molecular Nanotechnology, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Personal Survival, Rejuvenation, Research, Rudolf Carnap, Stroke
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Five important empiricist philosophy books
Most contemporary philosophers and social scientists have little interest and understanding of logic or the physical sciences and therefore have little to offer to those who want to understand the philosophical aspects of knowledge. The following five books have been … Continue reading
Posted in Science, Society
Tagged Alfred J. Ayer, Analytic Philosophy, Berlin Circle, Bertrand Russell, David Hume, Empiricism, Hans Reichenbach, Logical Empiricism, Logical Positivism, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Philosophy, Rudolf Carnap, Skeptical Empiricism, Vienna Circle
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Avoiding Karl Popper
The philosopher Karl Popper has published on a wide variety of subjects but his most lasting contribution is his answer to the problem of induction by drawing attention to the asymmetry between verification and falsification. A theory can never be … Continue reading
Posted in Arts & Living, Society
Tagged Critical Rationalism, Karl Popper, Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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