NOTE: These days this is not my main blog. My main blog is a (free) Substack. You can check it out here: https://philosophybear.substack.com/ I can’t explain, the state that I’m in, the state of my heart, he was my best friend. -Sufjan Stevens, Wasps of the Pallisades My Ph.D. is partly about the interpersonal comparison problem. … Continue reading A sketch of a layered solution to the interpersonal comparison problem
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Brief reflections 1
The difficulty with writing aphorisms is that you've got to find a rare enough insight not to be trivial, but self-evident enough that merely stating it is persuasive. Aphorisms are innately the most egotistical form for this reason. "I don't even have to give you substantial arguments to be worth reading". I apologise for that. … Continue reading Brief reflections 1
300 arguments- a commentary
I recently read Sarah Manguso's "300 arguments"- a series of 300 aphorisms by the author. A lot of the aphorisms were extremely good, some were things I'd expect any moderately intelligent highschooler to know, but that is always true of collections of aphorisms. The brilliance was exceeding and the time required was extremely modest, go … Continue reading 300 arguments- a commentary
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