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uh oh

10.03.2026 22:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Something about LLM hype culture renders a man immune to the experience of embarrassment. If I couldn’t tell the difference between PhD-level scholarship and grammatical gibberish I simply would not announce that to a global audience.

17.02.2026 03:36 πŸ‘ 143 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

14.02.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 23641 πŸ” 8256 πŸ’¬ 601 πŸ“Œ 1356

i would never!

26.01.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i’ve been too busy to keep up with every bootlicker coming out of the woodwork and going out of their way to deepthroat the whole boot

26.01.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

as whitehead said, all of philosophy is just a series of jumps over the same shark plato jumped

26.01.2026 19:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

maybe read some Uriah Kriegel, who has been making a big deal about exactly this for decades. so, in knowing what it’s like for me to see red, the phenomenal or qualitative content is the red part, but the other part, subjective properly so called, is the for-me part. Read more, write less.

19.01.2026 13:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

yeah, that’s wild. fortunately for me and all all my friends, we’re subjects and involved in all sorts of easily comprehensible subjectivity (aka, subject-relativity).

19.01.2026 12:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

just like people

18.01.2026 22:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

how is anything identical to itself? that was covered already.

18.01.2026 22:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œnot worth my time” is an excellent summary. good job

18.01.2026 22:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

why do i have an obligation to write at great length (after having made the long video you are responding to) when it’s ok for you to make unargued assertions? It’s not like you’re my paying customer. If you can’t lead with something interesting, I don’t see what’s in it for me to invest effort.

15.01.2026 16:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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You’re god damned right I do

15.01.2026 16:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Look who’s once again being disagreeable.

14.01.2026 15:32 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

maybe some bunches of biochemistry ARE felt experiences , I don’t see much point in casting their contribution as one thing PRODUCING some other thing

14.01.2026 15:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

oh no, they have enormous amounts of understanding

14.01.2026 15:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

kids say the darnedest* things

*longest conjunctive

14.01.2026 15:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

nice

13.01.2026 17:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Persuaders will be live again today at 1pm ET/6pm GMT. This time Pete will taking questions from viewers.(If we can make it work, we may even get one or two of you on live!) Post your questions here in advance or in YT chat when we're live www.youtube.com/watch?v=brjz... @petemandik.bsky.social

13.01.2026 12:32 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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clippy, should i drill a hole in my head so people can better see what i mean?

12.01.2026 20:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

ugh what year is this

03.01.2026 17:06 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

59? hell yes. keep on keeping on.

03.01.2026 17:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I am frustrated by the anti-AI obsession on this place. I understand people are annoyed by AI being imposed on us for trivial things and by the AI uber alles discourse but it really feels like older people complaining about a new technology.

19.12.2025 02:47 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 8
9: Christmas Q&A
9: Christmas Q&A YouTube video by Keith Frankish

Really enjoying the latest Persuaders episode @keithfrankish.com and @petemandik.bsky.social! Thanks for sharing about your philosophical journeys. www.youtube.com/watch?v=149Z...

17.12.2025 00:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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9: Christmas Q&A It's the season for giving, and The Persuaders are giving you the chance to put your questions to them. The chat is already open, and you can post your questions there in advance. So -- what's on your...

www.youtube.com/live/149ZxHC...

15.12.2025 23:34 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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9: Christmas Q&A YouTube video by Keith Frankish

Is there something you've always wanted to ask @petemandik.bsky.social and me? (No sarcasm, please!) If so, then now's your chance. We're holding a live Q&A tomorrow at 1pm ET / 6pm GMT. You can post your questions in advance in the chat at the link below www.youtube.com/live/149ZxHC...

15.12.2025 17:11 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

i thought it was orthodoxy in set theory that that’s exactly how you individuate sets. sets x and y are identical iff they have exactly the same members. anyway, i’m not a fan of rigid designation; i just found your remark puzzling and was curious what more there was behind it.

15.12.2025 15:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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9: Christmas Q&A YouTube video by Keith Frankish

It's the season for giving, and The Persuaders are giving you the chance to put your questions to them. The stream will be live on Tuesday 16th at 1pm ET / 6pm GMT but the chat is already open and you can post your questions there in advance www.youtube.com/live/149ZxHC... @petemandik.bsky.social

14.12.2025 18:36 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

so, the extension of β€œis a dog” is the set of all dogs and it’s rigid if its extension is the same set in all possible worlds in which it has an extension. 2/2

12.12.2025 23:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

why is Frege the only option? an oft taken path is to analogize predicates/general terms to names/singular terms in that both have objects as their extensions/referents, and their only difference being whether only a single object is in their extension. 1/

12.12.2025 23:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0