Autiste à :ch_Vaud: 🌊 🦕 #woke · @ariane
413 followers · 1771 posts · Server tooting.chDangerous Ideas of “ #Longtermism ” and “ #ExistentialRisk ” ❧ Current Affairs https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/07/the-dangerous-ideas-of-longtermism-and-existential-risk
>So-called rationalists have created a disturbing #SecularReligion that looks like it addresses humanity’s deepest problems, but actually justifies pursuing the social preferences of elites.
It's also definitely an excellent illustration of the « arsonist firefighter» expression !
#pseudorationalism #pseudophilosophy #secularreligion #existentialrisk #longtermism
Feral Thoughts · @feralthoughts
5 followers · 87 posts · Server union.place
Darshana Narayanan’s July 2022 #essay in #CurrentAffairs dissects the dangerous #populism and #sensationalism as well as the grave factual #errors and vacuous #speculations underlying the so-called #science and #philosophy of #YuvalNoahHarari .
Also woven in the narrative is Harari’s #mutualistic #symbiosis with #surveillance #capitalism .
#PopulistScience #SensationalistScience #PseudoScience #PseudoPhilosophy
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2022/07/the-dangerous-populist-science-of-yuval-noah-harari
#essay #currentaffairs #populism #sensationalism #errors #speculations #science #philosophy #yuvalnoahharari #mutualistic #symbiosis #surveillance #capitalism #populistscience #sensationalistscience #pseudoscience #pseudophilosophy
Damon Young · @damonyoung
1332 followers · 1769 posts · Server mas.toOne thing I like here is that searching for #philosophy typically brings up *actual philosophy* rather than dudes saying things like “Be kind, but be careful.” - Plato.
#research #fediverse #mastodon #philosopher #plato #pseudophilosophy
#pseudophilosophy #plato #philosopher #Mastodon #Fediverse #research #philosophy