About this episode
Just as in the last episode, this is one of several standalone essays by David Chapman I'm incorporating into the unwritten sections of In The Cells Of The Eggplant, for the audiobook version. It fits well into Part 4: Taking Meta-Rationality Seriously.
Rationality requires judging whether a system of reasoning applies to a situation — but that judgement cannot be systematic!
Links mentioned in this episode:
A webcomic by Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal about probability:
David Chapman's essay, "Nutrition offers its resignation. And the reply":
"July 4th And The Extraordinary Providential Deaths Of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe", a textbook example of religious eternalism, political eternalism, and rationalist eternalism, all rolled into one:
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