Currently, it is against the law for any business to engage in any practice that they believe will fail to maximize profit for their investors. In a way, this makes sense. People invest in companies because they believe that these companies will give them a good return on their investment. If companies were allowed to …
Monthly Archive: March 2010
Mar 22
The Slow March to Anarchy, Part 2
Although I have tried to explain their underpinnings in the last post, most people consider my political views to be rather extreme. When it comes to method, however, I take a far more cautious approach. My approach is still underwritten by general principles, however, including the following: We ought to do what works: It’s very …
Mar 12
Arguments and Bias: An X-phi Experiment that should be Conducted
Despite the fact that I am a thoroughgoing rationalist, I find myself liking a lot of experimental philosophy. Since I’m an advocate of common sense, studies about what people actually believe seem like a good place to at least start in checking that we’re right when we claim that the folk think something is true. …
Mar 03
General Politics: The Slow March to Anarchy (Part 1)
As a first blog post on politics, I thought it would be appropriate to describe my general political view of things. As I see it, one’s politics is determined by two things: their view of how the world should be, and their view of what we should do to get there. When it comes to …
Mar 03
Why Waving Hands?
The title of this blog is drawn from one of my favorite philosophical arguments: G. E. Moore’s Proof of an External World. Moore gave the following proof of the existence of things outside our minds: Here’s one hand (waves his hand). Here’s another (waves other hand). Therefore, there are external objects. Moore’s proof may sound …