# Other **URL:** https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/c/other/14.md [Latest](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/tags.md) --- ## [Introductions](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/introductions/363)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2026, 11:05pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/introductions/363 "2026-04-27T23:05:06Z")
Introduce yourself here. Here are a few things you could share. But share whatever you want. Any kind of normal introductory information is good. What’s your career or planned career? Hobbies? What is your goal with CF… --- ## [About the Other category](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/about-the-other-category/41)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2021, 6:02am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/about-the-other-category/41 "2021-05-06T06:02:45Z")
Discussions that don’t fit in other categories. Posts should express a goal or opinion you have. Make posts relevant to CF in some way, but they don’t have to be directly about CF philosophy. E.g. something could be an… --- ## [Dface's Topic about Self-Help Books He's Reading](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/dfaces-topic-about-self-help-books-hes-reading/1941)
**Author:** [@Dface](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Dface)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2026, 7:23am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/dfaces-topic-about-self-help-books-hes-reading/1941 "2026-10-07T07:23:08Z")
I want to write about reading self-help books here. --- ## [Promoting Critical Fallibilism](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/promoting-critical-fallibilism/2119)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2026, 11:12pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/promoting-critical-fallibilism/2119 "2026-10-06T23:12:47Z")
Topic for sharing or discussion about promoting Critical Fallibilism. Keep things positive in this topic. For problems, post in Obstacles to Promoting Critical Fallibilism --- ## [Replying to "Overthinking and Perfectionism"\[Dface\]](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/replying-to-overthinking-and-perfectionism-dface/2240)
**Author:** [@Dface](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Dface)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2026, 10:46pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/replying-to-overthinking-and-perfectionism-dface/2240 "2026-10-06T22:46:48Z")
Topic Summary: I’ll reply to individual sentences from the article. Overthinking is an interesting thing to me cuz I think I do it a certain amount. It would be nice to learn about it more. Here’s a link to the article: … --- ## [Replying to "Errors Merit Post-Mortems"\[Dface\]](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/replying-to-errors-merit-post-mortems-dface/2239)
**Author:** [@Dface](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Dface)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2026, 5:57am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/replying-to-errors-merit-post-mortems-dface/2239 "2026-10-05T05:57:05Z")
Topic Summary: I’ll be getting quotes from the article and replying to them. I think I’m going to also reply to the comments. There’s comments about actual intellectual postmortems. Here’s the article: Goal: Learn a… --- ## [Replying to "The Prerequisites of Debate"\[Dface\]](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/replying-to-the-prerequisites-of-debate-dface/2243)
**Author:** [@Dface](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Dface)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2026, 7:10am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/replying-to-the-prerequisites-of-debate-dface/2243 "2026-09-25T07:10:04Z")
Topic Summary: I’m gonna write about the article “The Prerequisites of Debate”. It’ll be my thoughts and about the meaning of sentences. Here’s the article: Goal: Learn about debates, like what you need to start one… --- ## [Dface's Discussion About "How I Write a Lot"](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/dfaces-discussion-about-how-i-write-a-lot/2230)
**Author:** [@Dface](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Dface)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/dfaces-discussion-about-how-i-write-a-lot/2230 "2026-09-24T19:18:29Z")
Topic Summary: Discuss the article, “How I Write a Lot,” here Goal: Learn more about writing CF Relevance: Writing is important to philosphy Edit: Here’s the link to the article: How I Write a Lot --- ## [Potential debate on Israel](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/potential-debate-on-israel/2242)
**Author:** [@deroj](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/deroj)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 6:22pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/potential-debate-on-israel/2242 "2026-09-14T18:22:53Z")
I’m not sure if you are interested or not in discussing Israel (you did make a post about changing your mind on a variety of topics, Israel being one of them - but you also expressed you haven’t made enough research, it … --- ## [Replying to "Postmortems Help Address Causes of Errors" \[Dface\]](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/replying-to-postmortems-help-address-causes-of-errors-dface/2235)
**Author:** [@Dface](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Dface)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/replying-to-postmortems-help-address-causes-of-errors-dface/2235 "2026-09-14T16:00:11Z")
Continuing the discussion from Postmortems Help Address Causes of Errors: I want to write about this aritcle to learn more about errors. I wrote some replies already so I’ll reply to those too to compare. --- ## [Relating CF to Video Games\[Dface\]](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/relating-cf-to-video-games-dface/2226)
**Author:** [@Dface](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Dface)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2026, 9:38pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/relating-cf-to-video-games-dface/2226 "2026-09-13T21:38:20Z")
Topic Summary: Play video games and apply CF topics to them. I wanna practice CF ideas while playing video games. I want to write about what I found Goal: Relate CF to video games. Learn more about any CF topic and ex… --- ## [Replying to "Cycle Between Learning Critical Fallibilism and Its Prerequisites"\[Dface\]](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/replying-to-cycle-between-learning-critical-fallibilism-and-its-prerequisites-dface/2231)
**Author:** [@Dface](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Dface)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 1:36am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/replying-to-cycle-between-learning-critical-fallibilism-and-its-prerequisites-dface/2231 "2026-09-08T01:36:44Z")
Continuing the discussion from Cycle Between Learning Critical Fallibilism and Its Prerequisites: I’ll be discussing this article here --- ## [Umenikki.com](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/umenikki-com/2238)
**Author:** [@Eternity](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Eternity)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/umenikki-com/2238 "2026-09-06T15:14:09Z")
I made a website called umenikki.com. I made it using Obsidian publish. I got permission from Elliot to share and talk about it and to post stuff from it. So far I’ve just written two nothing posts testing it out. --- ## [Replying to "Objective Knowledge" Chapter 1](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/replying-to-objective-knowledge-chapter-1/2233)
**Author:** [@Dface](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Dface)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 3:05am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/replying-to-objective-knowledge-chapter-1/2233 "2026-08-29T03:05:44Z")
Topic Summary: Imma follow along Karl Popper’s book Objective Knowledge: An Evolutionary Approach. I’ll go over the first chapter here. Goal: Learn about Induction, what Karl Popper says about it, and what his philoso… --- ## [Philosophy of Law](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/philosophy-of-law/2221)
**Author:** [@Eternity](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Eternity)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2026, 11:00pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/philosophy-of-law/2221 "2026-08-25T23:00:40Z")
Topic for my Philosophy of Law class. I like it a lot so far. Going forward, afaik, most of my classes from here are going to more oriented towards my major, Business Law. So that’s neat. Besides trying to post more, I … --- ## [Easy to practice difficult games](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/easy-to-practice-difficult-games/2038)
**Author:** [@Eternity](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Eternity)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 10:51pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/easy-to-practice-difficult-games/2038 "2026-08-20T22:51:07Z")
Does anyone here have any recommendations for games that are challenging but the practice part is easy? I recently started playing a game called Terraria again. I played it modded. I realized that while I enjoyed the di… --- ## [Dface's Discussion of "Judging and Fixing Your Own Errors"](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/dfaces-discussion-of-judging-and-fixing-your-own-errors/2229)
**Author:** [@Dface](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Dface)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2026, 12:27am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/dfaces-discussion-of-judging-and-fixing-your-own-errors/2229 "2026-08-16T00:27:44Z")
Topic Summary: Here I’ll discuss the following article: Judging and Fixing Your Own Errors Goal: Write and think more about the topic CF Relevance: Learn about judging your own errors --- ## [Immigration; Asmongold; Politics](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/immigration-asmongold-politics/2217)
**Author:** [@anonymous45](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/anonymous45)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/immigration-asmongold-politics/2217 "2026-08-12T17:56:27Z")
@anonymous105 you asked before about why I had been becoming more anti-trump. The campaign against Thomas Massie is an example of things I don’t like (deeply, in this case). Trump and Vance lied about him, slandered him,… --- ## [Look for Writing Errors\[Dface\]](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/look-for-writing-errors-dface/2228)
**Author:** [@Dface](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Dface)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2026, 10:22pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/look-for-writing-errors-dface/2228 "2026-08-04T22:22:39Z")
Project Summary: This is a project about making a reply and looking for errors in my writing. I want to look for stuff that doesnt make sense so I can focus on improving it later. Goal: Look for errors in each sentenc… --- ## [Emergence and Reductionism](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/emergence-and-reductionism/2227)
**Author:** [@Eternity](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Eternity)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2026, 8:26pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/emergence-and-reductionism/2227 "2026-08-04T20:26:21Z")
I remember reading some stuff about Emergence and Reductionism a long time ago in some Objectivist article collection (I’ll probably look for the original article at some point). I looked up the author (I did this with o… --- ## [Learning about Equivalent Fractions Pt. 1\[Dface\]](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/learning-about-equivalent-fractions-pt-1-dface/2225)
**Author:** [@Dface](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Dface)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2026, 3:41am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/learning-about-equivalent-fractions-pt-1-dface/2225 "2026-08-02T03:41:56Z")
Project Summary: Learn about equivalent fractions by analyzing the following site’s first paragraph: Use Cf methods to learn more and improve at philosophy Goal: Goals I might be interested in while reading the par… --- ## [Learn Intro to Fractions\[Dface\]](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/learn-intro-to-fractions-dface/2224)
**Author:** [@Dface](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Dface)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2026, 11:25pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/learn-intro-to-fractions-dface/2224 "2026-08-01T23:25:41Z")
Project Summary: Learn intro to fractions as a CF prerequisite. I’ll be using CF ideas to help me learn like postmortems or decisive criticism. Goal: Get better at fractions while practicing CF ideas Success criteria… --- ## [Celeste](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/celeste/2173)
**Author:** [@Eternity](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Eternity)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2026, 10:51pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/celeste/2173 "2026-07-28T22:51:50Z")
Made this topic to talk about the game Celeste. Mostly just want to document stuff as I play the game. --- ## [TIS-100](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/tis-100/2219)
**Author:** [@Eternity](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Eternity)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2026, 8:55pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/tis-100/2219 "2026-07-10T20:55:00Z")
@ActiveMind I’ll take you up on your offer for the game. How do I start? Is it mentioned in the manual? I think I start with creating a new program? I see that I can type in all the boxes. Maybe there’s some stu… --- ## [Controversial Asides](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/controversial-asides/2215)
**Author:** [@anonymous105](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/anonymous105)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/controversial-asides/2215 "2026-07-03T20:25:10Z")
Continuing the discussion from Comments on The Boyfriend’s Introduction to Feminism: @anonymous45 I have noticed a trend in your posts that sometimes makes extended conversation difficult. I think it leads to a lot of t… --- ## [Forum Software Meta](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/forum-software-meta/2218)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/forum-software-meta/2218 "2026-06-02T16:23:52Z")
Discussion related to the forum software and settings. This forum uses the Discourse open source software. They have a forum: https://meta.discourse.org --- ## [Non-Tribalist Politics Megathread](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/non-tribalist-politics-megathread/449)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 405\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/non-tribalist-politics-megathread/449 "2026-05-20T17:39:16Z")
Topic for political discussion that follows one rule. When writing a post in this topic, you must consciously keep in mind the goal of not being a tribalist who hates the outgroup. I think being really into politics and… --- ## [Warnings and Bans](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/warnings-and-bans/443)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2026, 4:19pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/warnings-and-bans/443 "2026-05-24T16:19:54Z")
Thread for admin action transparency and feedback. --- ## [Rules Updates](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/rules-updates/126)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/rules-updates/126 "2026-05-20T17:12:57Z")
The FAQ now has a rule against misquoting: https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/faq Never misquote anyone. You shouldn’t manually type in quotes (unless it’s from paper). Do not present a summary or paraphrase as a… --- ## [PSA: Keep your software updated, especially operating systems and browsers](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/psa-keep-your-software-updated-especially-operating-systems-and-browsers/2168)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2026, 10:54pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/psa-keep-your-software-updated-especially-operating-systems-and-browsers/2168 "2026-04-10T22:54:37Z")
AIs are getting good at coding and improving rapidly. They’re finding more and more software security holes and writing exploits. Software updates are your best defense. Sorry if you’re still on Windows 10 or other hard… [Next page](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/c/other/14.md?page=1)