# Latest **URL:** https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/latest.md [Latest](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/tags.md) --- ## [Welcome! Read This First (How to Post)](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/welcome-read-this-first-how-to-post/190)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/welcome-read-this-first-how-to-post/190 "2022-03-08T21:36:33Z")
This is a public discussion forum focused on rationality and philosophy. It’s free to read and $20 (non-recurring) to post. Learn more. --- ## [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:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/replying-to-the-prerequisites-of-debate-dface/2243 "2026-09-23T21:42:36Z")
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… --- ## [Why does learning require practice? #philosophy](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/why-does-learning-require-practice-philosophy/2245)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 8:33pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/why-does-learning-require-practice-philosophy/2245 "2026-09-23T20:33:51Z")
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.youtube.com/shorts/j1hdU9IRAT0 --- ## [Eating plants kills animals](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/eating-plants-kills-animals/2244)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 4:45pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/eating-plants-kills-animals/2244 "2026-09-23T16:45:26Z")
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fWG7r9I8lCo --- ## [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:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 6:04am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/replying-to-errors-merit-post-mortems-dface/2239 "2026-09-23T06:04:54Z")
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… --- ## [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:** 123\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 3:16am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/dfaces-topic-about-self-help-books-hes-reading/1941 "2026-09-22T03:16:01Z")
I want to write about reading self-help books here. --- ## [What Kind of World Do We Live In?](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/what-kind-of-world-do-we-live-in/1714)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 11:30pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/what-kind-of-world-do-we-live-in/1714 "2026-09-21T23:30:42Z")
I’ll occasionally reply with some evidence. --- ## [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:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 10:16pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/replying-to-overthinking-and-perfectionism-dface/2240 "2026-09-21T22:16:46Z")
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: … --- ## [Request a Debate](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/request-a-debate/1946)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 9:22am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/request-a-debate/1946 "2026-09-20T09:22:17Z")
Post here to request a debate. Debates should attempt to be rational and organized. Briefly say the topic you want to debate, your initial position, and how much time you want to spend on the debate. You may want to say… --- ## [Eternity Async Tutoring](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/eternity-async-tutoring/1932)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 1307\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 2:08am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/eternity-async-tutoring/1932 "2026-09-20T02:08:52Z")
Topic for async tutoring @Eternity. Before posting in this topic, read the rules. --- ## [Comments on The Boyfriend's Introduction to Feminism](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/comments-on-the-boyfriends-introduction-to-feminism/2108)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 582\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/comments-on-the-boyfriends-introduction-to-feminism/2108 "2026-09-17T19:34:37Z")
The Boyfriend's Introduction to Feminism by Gideon W. Stone is a free ebook. It's a quick read: it has a funny, conversational writing style and it's around 100 pages. The author is a man and the book is aimed particular… --- ## [Japanese](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/japanese/2043)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/japanese/2043 "2026-09-15T16:17:15Z")
Topic about the Japanese language. --- ## [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… --- ## [AI Slop, LLMs, Plagiarism, Decline of the Internet](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/ai-slop-llms-plagiarism-decline-of-the-internet/2237)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/ai-slop-llms-plagiarism-decline-of-the-internet/2237 "2026-09-12T17:00:14Z")
Discussion and links topic. --- ## [Law](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/law/2049)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 11:08pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/law/2049 "2026-09-09T23:08:57Z")
Discuss law and lawyers. --- ## [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. --- ## [Unions and Bias](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/unions-and-bias/354)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2026, 5:31am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/unions-and-bias/354 "2026-09-04T05:31:29Z")
Topic Summary: Can you spot the bias in this tweet? https://twitter.com/zackkanter/status/1447376938805432321 Goal: See if others can/will spot issue. Why are you posting this in Unbounded? I like goal-relevant critici… --- ## [Capitalism Means Policing Big Companies](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/capitalism-means-policing-big-companies/1491)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 278\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/capitalism-means-policing-big-companies/1491 "2026-09-01T16:15:16Z")
https://www.elliottemple.com/essays/capitalism-means-policing-big-companies --- ## [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… --- ## [How To Build Knowledge Skyscrapers](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/how-to-build-knowledge-skyscrapers/509)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2026, 11:41pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/how-to-build-knowledge-skyscrapers/509 "2026-08-27T23:41:25Z")
--- ## [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 … --- ## [Fractional Reserve Banking](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/fractional-reserve-banking/2234)
**Author:** [@Neo](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Neo)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/fractional-reserve-banking/2234 "2026-08-24T22:08:03Z")
I have no idea what fractional reserve banking is. I know a meaning of the word “fractional”, “reserve” and “banking”, but put together I can’t think if a solid explanation of what it is. Maybe it has something to with t… --- ## [What Is Intelligence](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/what-is-intelligence/2232)
**Author:** [@Neo](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Neo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 4:06pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/what-is-intelligence/2232 "2026-08-18T16:06:41Z")
Topic Summary: Goal: Test how much knowledge I can get from audio while multitasking. CF relevance: Theory of Intelligence, evolution, epistemology. Do you want unbounded criticism? (A criticism is a reason that an id… --- ## [Cycle Between Learning Critical Fallibilism and Its Prerequisites](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/cycle-between-learning-critical-fallibilism-and-its-prerequisites/1747)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2026, 7:41pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/cycle-between-learning-critical-fallibilism-and-its-prerequisites/1747 "2026-08-23T19:41:47Z")
Summary: If you want to be a great philosopher, you’ll need to get really good at a bunch of prerequisites. But don’t just study one prerequisite at a time until you finish it. Instead, you should cycle back and forth be… --- ## [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… --- ## [AGI, LLMs, CR and CF](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/agi-llms-cr-and-cf/2169)
**Author:** [@Oracle](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Oracle)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/agi-llms-cr-and-cf/2169 "2026-08-17T16:46:55Z")
I’m pretty sold on the Deutsch view that intelligence = ability to create knowledge via conjecture and refutation, and that pattern matching isn’t knowledge creation. But now with Codex and Claude doing long running task… --- ## [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 [Next page](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/latest.md?page=1)