Blog:
The Jargon Blog
An occassional blog discussing the philosophy of technical language, written for a general-ish audience.
Other Writing
Blog:
Blog:
Simpsons Literalism
A dumb passion project where I use the exegetical methods of young earth creationism to ask ‘What would we conclude about the Simpsons universe if we treated every joke, every aside, every absurd plot point as something that actually, literally happened?’ The answer: Itchy is a transdimensional being of terrifying power, Maggie is her age essentially, and it’s unclear if the characters on the show are actually human.
Blog Post:
Learning from AI’s Bullshit
An exploration of how we can responsibly learn from AI, even if it cannot know anything. A public-facing version of arguments made in my papers in AI & Society and Cognition at the Blog of the APA.
Podcast Appearance:
Mind Games Podcast
In an interview by psychologist Rohan Kapitany, I discuss the intersection of moral psychology and philosophy as it relates to role playing games like Dungeons and Dragons with psychologist and collaborator Kathryn Francis.
Blog Post:
Social Distancing Is Not Social Distancing: Why Specialists Ought to Choose Jargon Responsibly
A public-facing discussion at the Public Ethics Blog on the importance of language choice in times of crisis and how experts dropped the ball in March 2020.
Blog Post:
Why do philosophers love thought experiments so much?
Philosophers love thought experiments (including myself). We tell ourselves it is because thought experiments are ‘clean’ and ‘precise’, but in this post for the Junkyard Blog, I ask if philosophers actually use them because thought experiments are useful. Specifically, they are easy to deploy and difficult to argue against.