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Asst. Professor of Philosophy | Ethics; Free Will; Agency; Virtue Ethics; Moral Responsibility; Punishment; Enhancement; Moral Obligation; Moral Psychology; Emotion; A.I. Ethics; Metaphysics; Epistemology.
Hegseth is achieving levels of dipshittery in these press conferences that makes it more and more difficult for Colin Jost to parody. At some point SNL will just play Hegseth.
The fact that Hegseth feels the need to attack the press after every question shows how deeply insecure and unhinged he is. His TV studio with soft lighting, his makeup, hype videos, barring photographers from briefings - his sole obsession is how he is portrayed to the public.
What Hegseth means by ‘patriotic press’ is any media eager to share Trump propaganda as opposed to actual journalists seeking truth and reporting it without fear or favor. If you want the facts about this war, it’s critical to rely on fact based sources, not state media like fox, sinclair, etc
The Adolescence of Technology:
Confronting and Overcoming the Risks of Powerful AI
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The first lesson of war is ‘know your enemy’ – and Britain’s enemy now is Donald Trump
#philsky #iran
We can take them at their word. 🤯
1. Let me see if I have this right. The Russians are now helping the Iranians kill Americans, first by providing “targeting information,” according to the Post.
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Today, our response to these commentaries is out! A huge thank you to all commentators for making this such a stimulating exchange. We hope it's useful for anyone interested in evolutionary approaches to culture:
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Over 20 researchers from evolutionary biology, behavioral ecology, cognitive science, or anthropology weighed in with sharp, insightful commentaries.
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Last year, Nicolas Baumard and I published a target article in EHB, where we propose that cultural phenomena emerge from feedbacks between evolved psychology and ecological legacies, the same mechanisms at work in any ecosystem:
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The Iranian Schoolgirls' Lives.... Mattered
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Americans refused to wear masks to save their own children from a mass death event. They’re not going to sacrifice gas money for Iranians.
NEW: The Iranian drone strike that killed 6 U.S. troops in Kuwait at the start of the war was far more devastating than previously disclosed.
Dozens suffered traumatic brain injuries, burns, and shrapnel wounds. At least one required an amputation. More than 30 remain hospitalized. (CBS News)
We can take them at their word. 🤯
...into the sun
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AI is better than humans because AI doesn’t get cancer. So let’s build data centers that we know will cause humans to get cancer. It’s a win all around.
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One day the NYT's editors will read these stories again and be ashamed of themselves. Mamdani called the attack "heinous," "criminal," "reprehensible," "terrorism," and "the antithesis of who we are." The insinuation that he's conflicted about this is disgraceful. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/n...
Happy International Women’s Day
#internationalwomensday #philsky
Growing support for public funding of post-secondary education - www.caut.ca/bulletin/gro...
Awesome
And to the extent that they've gone after academics, it's also been those with the least institutional support. A TA at the University of Oklahoma lost her job for being trans: I haven't heard about that happening to any full professors at Yale.
How much more evidence do we need? The ultra-rich and the governments supporting them will destroy everything for the sake of profit, power and pride. Nothing is precious to them - not human life, not the living world - except their own wealth and status. Our survival depends on resisting them.
"Conferences... serve important institutional functions. They shape disciplinary agendas, determine which questions and approaches gain visibility, and influence whose work is taken up, cited, and taught." Who should get to go to them? Where should they take place?
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The first lesson of war is ‘know your enemy’ – and Britain’s enemy now is Donald Trump
#philsky #iran
"Our views are profoundly shaped by our cultural backgrounds and life experiences. Uniformity dulls our collective philosophical thinking. A fair and flourishing discipline would treasure rather than repel those who have historically been excluded."
Happy International Women’s Day
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