# Latest **URL:** https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/latest.md?page=1 [Latest](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/tags.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [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 --- ## [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,… --- ## [Elliot's Microblogging](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/elliots-microblogging/191)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 351\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/elliots-microblogging/191 "2026-08-10T16:07:34Z")
This is a thread for me to say small things. You can comment here, but if it’s going to be a big discussion please move to a new topic (use Reply as Linked Topic). --- ## [I Changed My Mind about Error-Correcting Debate, Misogyny and More](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/i-changed-my-mind-about-error-correcting-debate-misogyny-and-more/2160)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2026, 7:06pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/i-changed-my-mind-about-error-correcting-debate-misogyny-and-more/2160 "2026-08-09T19:06:06Z")
I changed my mind about some things. These examples are illustrative of potential weaknesses of focusing on error correction and critical discussion like Karl Popper advised. I don't think the weaknesses are inherent or … --- ## [ChatGPT and Current AIs Are Dumb](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/chatgpt-and-current-ais-are-dumb/1753)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/chatgpt-and-current-ais-are-dumb/1753 "2026-08-07T18:17:16Z")
Topic for complaints and criticisms about ChatGPT and other AIs. People are overly impressed with this stuff. --- ## [Judging and Fixing Your Own Errors](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/judging-and-fixing-your-own-errors/492)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/judging-and-fixing-your-own-errors/492 "2026-08-06T20:18:43Z")
--- ## [Bad Scholarship](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/bad-scholarship/130)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/bad-scholarship/130 "2026-08-05T14:38:50Z")
Jon Stokes on Twitter: In a Reddit thread where the OP was complaining about how the ethics folks only criticize & never propose solutions, one ally accused him of not having actually read the literature where they pro… --- ## [How I Write a Lot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/how-i-write-a-lot/2146)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2026, 11:55pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/how-i-write-a-lot/2146 "2026-08-04T23:55:15Z")
I write a lot. There are many good approaches to writing. My method is not the one right answer, but it has advantages. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://curi.us/2609-how-i-write-a-… --- ## [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… --- ## [The Sovereign Child Contradicts Taking Children Seriously](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/the-sovereign-child-contradicts-taking-children-seriously/2122)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2026, 11:36pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/the-sovereign-child-contradicts-taking-children-seriously/2122 "2026-08-03T23:36:09Z")
I haven't read Aaron Stupple's book, The Sovereign Child: How a Forgotten Philosophy Can Liberate Kids and Their Parents, because he and others aren't open to debate and criticism. (If any fan of the book wants to debate… --- ## [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… --- ## [Roe vs. Wade Overturned](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/roe-vs-wade-overturned/1393)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/roe-vs-wade-overturned/1393 "2026-07-23T14:47:50Z")
--- ## [Misogyny](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/misogyny/2222)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2026, 1:12pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/misogyny/2222 "2026-07-17T13:12:40Z")
Misogyny discussion topic. --- ## [Resolving Conflicting Ideas](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/resolving-conflicting-ideas/248)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2026, 6:37am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/resolving-conflicting-ideas/248 "2026-07-11T06:37:30Z")
--- ## [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… --- ## [People Being Bad at Logic](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/people-being-bad-at-logic/2148)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2026, 3:45pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/people-being-bad-at-logic/2148 "2026-07-08T15:45:45Z")
I was talking with someone about people not being very good at math and logic and that being relevant to philosophy errors. Also from the conversation they brought up the book Governed By Affect by Michael Pettit. I foun… --- ## [“I Wasn’t Your First Choice”: Love Island and Dating in the Real World](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/i-wasn-t-your-first-choice-love-island-and-dating-in-the-real-world/2220)
**Author:** [@Neo](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Neo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2026, 9:48pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/i-wasn-t-your-first-choice-love-island-and-dating-in-the-real-world/2220 "2026-07-05T21:48:42Z")
I was watching Love Island, and contestants tend to get upset when they are not someone’s first choice to couple up with. This happens in the real world too. People feel bad when they don’t feel like they’re someone’s fi… --- ## [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… [Previous page](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/latest.md) [Next page](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/latest.md?page=2)