IndiaNewsWatch · @indianewswatch
307 followers · 2171 posts · Server kolektiva.socialAn anonymous letter-writer is targeting progressive Kannada writers and liberals
While many of the writers are accustomed to getting threats, this time the person/s writing the letters, who signs off as ‘Sahishna Hindu’, seems more tenacious than others, persisting with it for months on end.
#karnataka #chitradurga #kannada #dissent #rationalism #secularism #hindutva #india
#karnataka #chitradurga #kannada #dissent #rationalism #secularism #hindutva #india
0x1b · @0x1b
9 followers · 85 posts · Server cryptodon.lol
The #Rationalism face: Eliezer Yudkowsky is starting to make a case on killer #AI at the Lex Fridman podcast. Well, now I won't probably even bother myself with reading his stuff.
IndiaNewsWatch · @indianewswatch
300 followers · 2067 posts · Server kolektiva.social"I Should Not Allow Myself to be Scared": Narendra Dabholkar on Facing Threats from Religious Organisations
In this extract from the first volume of the translation, titled 'The Case for Reason: Understanding the Anti-superstition Movement', Dabholkar recounts the pressures he faced from religious organisations, such as the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti and Sanatan Sanstha as well as by members of the BJP and Shiv Sena. (From August 2018)
#BookExcerpt #NarendraDabholkar #rationalism #religion #superstitions #atheism #hindutva #SanatanSanstha #BJP #HinduJanajagrutiSamiti #ShivSena #FreeSpeech #persecution #activism #india #books #bookstodon
https://caravanmagazine.in/religion/narendra-dabholkar-pressure-religious-organisations
#BookExcerpt #narendradabholkar #rationalism #religion #superstitions #atheism #hindutva #sanatansanstha #BJP #hindujanajagrutisamiti #Shivsena #freespeech #persecution #activism #india #books #bookstodon
Andreas Lindholm · @andreaslindholm
118 followers · 794 posts · Server mastodon.nuThere are no rational people. When someone claims to be rational, it just proves that they are a raving lunatic.
#rationalism #rationality #rational
IndiaNewsWatch · @indianewswatch
204 followers · 1524 posts · Server kolektiva.socialCaught between Islamic laws and Islamophobia: Being an ex-Muslim in Kerala
There have always been people who left Islam and joined rationalist groups in Kerala, but in recent years, several ex-Muslims have formed collectives to face the challenges and repercussions together. Here is why.
#kerala #muslims #islam #ExMuslims #islamophobia #atheism #rationalism #religion #patriarchy #WomensRights #quran #ReligiousFreedom #hindutva #india
#kerala #muslims #islam #exmuslims #islamophobia #atheism #rationalism #religion #patriarchy #womensrights #quran #religiousfreedom #hindutva #india
Estelle Platini · @estelle
127 followers · 188 posts · Server techhub.socialThanks to #Descartes, "the danger of #insanity has disappeared from the very exercise of reason. #Reason is entrenched in full self-possession where it can encounter no other traps than error, no other dangers than illusion. Descartes' doubt banishes #madness in the name of the doubter [...].
Madness is now exiled.
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Michel #Foucault in "Histoire de la folie à l'âge classique"
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#quote #quotes #self #selfPower #mentalHealth #perversion #sexuality #morals #rationalism #normalcy #ethics #philosophy #sociology #psychology @ethics @sociology @psychology @socialpsych
#descartes #insanity #reason #madness #foucault #quote #quotes #self #selfpower #mentalhealth #perversion #sexuality #morals #rationalism #normalcy #ethics #philosophy #sociology #psychology
Estelle Platini · @estelle
124 followers · 185 posts · Server techhub.social
#TESCREAL, coined by Timnit Gebru and Émile Torres, stands for #Transhumanism, #Extropianism, Singularitarianism, Cosmism, #Rationalism, Effective Altruism, and #Longtermism. For a breakdown of each term, check out this article https://washingtonspectator.org/understanding-tescreal-silicon-valleys-rightward-turn/
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#AIEthics #generativeAI #epistemology #patriarchy #whiteness #agnotology #intelligence #OpenAI #SamAltman #SiliconValley #innovation @sociology @ethics
#tescreal #transhumanism #extropianism #rationalism #longtermism #aiethics #generativeAI #epistemology #patriarchy #whiteness #agnotology #intelligence #openai #samaltman #siliconvalley #innovation
Estelle Platini · @estelle
124 followers · 185 posts · Server techhub.social#Rationalism is a philosophical position or view that #reason is the source of knowledge.
Vernon J. #Bourke wrote that rationalism is defined as a methodology or a theory "in which the criterion of #truth is not sensory but intellectual and deductive."
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#quotes #philosophy #epistemology #patriarchy #whiteness #agnotology #historyOfScience #intelligence #factChecking #knowledge #publicOpinion #learning #sociology #wordsMatter #hashtags @psychology #TESCREAL
#rationalism #reason #bourke #truth #quotes #philosophy #epistemology #patriarchy #whiteness #agnotology #historyofscience #intelligence #factchecking #knowledge #publicOpinion #learning #sociology #wordsmatter #hashtags #tescreal
Jim Donegan ✅ · @jimdonegan
1481 followers · 4261 posts · Server mastodon.scotCan #MolyneuxsQuestion be solved?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TdFAHtqPbs&ab_channel=SmartbyDesign
#Molyneux #Locke #JohnLocke #Philosophy #PhilosophyOfMind #Psychology #Mind #Experience #SensePerception #Perception #Rationalism #Empiricism
#empiricism #rationalism #perception #senseperception #experience #mind #psychology #philosophyofmind #philosophy #johnlocke #locke #molyneux #molyneuxsquestion
Jeff · @jeff
13 followers · 10 posts · Server humanist.socialThese hashtags represent values and principles that are commonly associated with #humanism, such as #reason, #science, #empathy, and #socialjustice
If any of these are YOUR #Hashtags please join us here at https://humanist.social!
#Humanism
#Humanism
#SecularHumanism
#Atheism
#Freethought
#Skepticism
#Rationalism
#Science
#Equality
#SocialJustice
#FreeSpeech
#CriticalThinking
#Reason
#Empathy
#Compassion
#HumanRights
#Peace
#Love
#Kindness
#Tolerance
#inclusion
#humanism #reason #science #empathy #socialjustice #hashtags #secularhumanism #atheism #freethought #skepticism #rationalism #equality #freespeech #criticalthinking #compassion #humanrights #peace #love #kindness #tolerance #inclusion
Kroshnit🇺🇦 · @kroshnit
92 followers · 262 posts · Server social.linux.pizza
The unrivaled leaders in modern Sophistry
https://mathstodon.xyz/@pmigdal/109319874918794086
#LessWrong #Rationalism #TESCREAL
#lesswrong #rationalism #tescreal
Steve Dustcircle ⍻ · @dustcircle
4 followers · 471 posts · Server mastodon.cloudTAKE ACTION: Urge your representative to support the National Day of #Reason!
https://ffrf.quorum.us/campaign/47353/
#rationalism #science #reality #atheism
#reason #rationalism #science #reality #atheism
David Golumbia · @dgolumbia
1413 followers · 1184 posts · Server mastodon.world
Nick #Bostrom's remarkable generosity: "I have the view that sentience is a matter of degree. I would be quite willing to ascribe very small amounts of degree to a wide range of systems, INCLUDING ANIMALS." https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/12/world/artificial-intelligence-nick-bostrom.html #Bostrom #rationalism #fascism #AI #ideology #consciousness
#bostrom #rationalism #fascism #ai #ideology #consciousness
Kroshnit🇺🇦 · @kroshnit
83 followers · 123 posts · Server social.linux.pizza
Totally-normal-society stuff.
#AI #AGI #Yudkowsky #LessWrong #Rationalism #Singularity #TESCREAL #batshitinsane
#ai #agi #yudkowsky #lesswrong #rationalism #singularity #tescreal #batshitinsane
David Golumbia · @dgolumbia
1410 followers · 1182 posts · Server mastodon.worldit is remarkable to me that the meme is spreading among "otherwise reasonable people" that #rationalism/neoreaction/longtermism/#fascism is on the side of regulating/prohibiting tech development.
by FAR the majority opinion from those groups is full speed ahead.
so if we are judging positions by their proximity to neoreaction (which isn't that helpful a heuristic here), unconstrained development would be the position to worry about.
#rationalism #ai #regulation #democracy #fascism
David Golumbia · @dgolumbia
1383 followers · 1115 posts · Server mastodon.world
many people are entirely unaware of how much influence the proto-fascist (at best) communities around so-called #rationalism have over both the discourse around #AI and its actual development.
here's the best piece we have so far that makes these connections explicit https://viewpointmag.com/2017/03/28/the-darkness-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-artificial-intelligence-and-neoreaction/
#fascism #rationalism #GenerativeAI #alignment #EA #Tescreal
#rationalism #ai #fascism #generativeAI #alignment #ea #tescreal
pdb · @pdbowman
161 followers · 672 posts · Server social.coopsomething brief on Anne Conway and British early modernity in ‘the longue durée’
https://pdbowman.studio/briefs/26-mar-23-justin-sledge-episode-on-anne-conway/
#blog #JustinSledge #LadyAnneConway #AnneConway #RenéDescartes #FrancisMercuryVanHelmont #rationalism #vitalism
#blog #justinsledge #ladyanneconway #anneconway #renedescartes #francismercuryvanhelmont #rationalism #vitalism
David Golumbia · @dgolumbia
1380 followers · 1106 posts · Server mastodon.world
area man, dba Copernican genius of our age, clearly understands standard usage of the word "understand"
source: https://www.reddit.com/r/SneerClub/comments/1220x7c/humans_just_dont_understand/
#AI #chatgpt #GPT #GPT4 #Yud #rationalism #fraud #GenerativeAI
#ai #chatgpt #GPT #gpt4 #yud #rationalism #fraud #generativeAI
Peter Nimmo · @Peternimmo
797 followers · 676 posts · Server mastodon.scot
Watching the original #StarTrek films again. I'm surely not the first to think that the #Vulcan #religion is #liberal #Anglicanism- they claim to be all about #rationalism, but they do like dressing up and #ritual!
#LiberalTheology #Episcopalianism #robes #vestments
#vestments #robes #episcopalianism #liberaltheology #ritual #rationalism #anglicanism #liberal #religion #vulcan #startrek
David Golumbia · @dgolumbia
1369 followers · 1088 posts · Server mastodon.worldwhat if Eliezer Yudkowsky but a PhD student at University of Chicago (ht @hypervisible) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacy_Reese_Anthis #rationalism #effectivealtruism #EA #MIRI #AI
#rationalism #effectivealtruism #ea #miri #ai