Throughout my writings, you may have noticed that I often criticize Occam’s razor. Essentially, I argue that this principle is sometimes used as a weapon by ultra-rationalists who attempt to confine the complexities of reality into the narrow framework of their dogmas.
In this article, I aim to explore my reservations about dogma and why I find ‘logic’ a more precise term compared to ‘rationality’ or ‘reason.’ To begin with, let us define OccamR...
critical thinking
I’m not sure how many of you read the comments that are posted and my answers to those sometimes very difficult questions.I have lost track, but a while ago someone commented on one of my posts on UFOs and disclosure, and at the time I said that any large disclosure about alien life would come about the same time as artificial general intelligence. That is, I said that disclosure would happen when artificial general intelligence was achieved.This is a bold statement perhaps, foolhardy probab...
At first glance, as you progress through this article, things may seem dire. It’s easy to fall prey to the idea that we may be moving closer and closer to a dystopian future. But the reality is that every single one of you is a conscious individual, and contrary to what some ‘influencers’ might say, people are not lazy or powerless. When it comes to those things that are truly important to you, and being that those things that are important to you come from a deep inner lig...