# \#bot **URL:** https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/tag/bot/77.md [Latest](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/tags.md) --- ## [Philosophy as a Secondary Skill](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/philosophy-as-a-secondary-skill/1880)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2026, 4:58am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/philosophy-as-a-secondary-skill/1880 "2026-10-11T04:58:25Z")
Philosophy can be done by itself (primary) or to support other activities (secondary). It can help you do better problem solving and learning regarding any topic. So you can pursue philosophy as a means to other ends, or… --- ## [Comments on The Boyfriend's Introduction to Feminism](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/comments-on-the-boyfriends-introduction-to-feminism/2108)
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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… --- ## [Why does learning require practice? #philosophy](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/why-does-learning-require-practice-philosophy/2245)
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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)
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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fWG7r9I8lCo --- ## [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… --- ## [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 … --- ## [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-… --- ## [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… --- ## [Overthinking and Not Knowing What Success Is](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/overthinking-and-not-knowing-what-success-is/1755)
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A common cause of overthinking is that you’re confused, so you keep trying to do better, but you’re not really sure what’s better, so you stay confused. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at ht… --- ## [The Prerequisites of Debate](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/the-prerequisites-of-debate/2167)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 4:28am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/the-prerequisites-of-debate/2167 "2026-06-23T04:28:21Z")
What should you have before a debate? First, someone involved should have an idea of what they're doing. Someone should understand what a productive debate looks like. Simplifying, you should either have a debate moderat… --- ## [Good Debate Is Hard to Get](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/good-debate-is-hard-to-get/2162)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2026, 10:06pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/good-debate-is-hard-to-get/2162 "2026-06-19T22:06:14Z")
It's hard to get high quality debate. I don't think this is a personal problem about me. I don't think I'm being gatekept for not having a PhD. People can be dismissive over missing credentials, but that's a sign they ar… --- ## [Ignoring “Small” Errors](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/ignoring-small-errors/2198)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2026, 7:18am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/ignoring-small-errors/2198 "2026-05-24T07:18:21Z")
Attitudes enabling ignoring “small” errors makes it significantly harder for critics to get attention and make progress. Even if they point out an error, and they are correct that it’s an error, and people agree with the… --- ## [Capitalism Means Policing Big Companies](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/capitalism-means-policing-big-companies/2216)
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I wrote a new article called Capitalism Means Policing Big Companies. Here's the introduction: This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://curi.us/2510-capitalism-means-policing-big-companies --- ## [My Experience with My Debate Policy](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/my-experience-with-my-debate-policy/2211)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2026, 1:32pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/my-experience-with-my-debate-policy/2211 "2026-05-05T13:32:04Z")
Summary: I explain the context for why I have a public debate policy – both philosophical reasons and experiences. I talk about fallibilism, rationality and error correction. I discuss how, counter-intuitively, my debate… --- ## [Rationality Policies](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/rationality-policies/2210)
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Table of Contents The rule of law is one of our most important political inventions. Written rules help address problems with biased, corrupt or otherwise untrustworthy people in power. Who shouldn’t be trusted with arbi… --- ## [Arguments Should Be Decisive Criticisms](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/arguments-should-be-decisive-criticisms/2170)
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Critical Fallibilism (CF) is a philosophy I developed which deals with rationality, knowledge, and critical thinking and discussion. It builds most on Karl Popper's Critical Rationalism, which says we learn (create knowl… --- ## [Automatized Knowledge Can Resist Bias](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/automatized-knowledge-can-resist-bias/2163)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2026, 5:16pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/automatized-knowledge-can-resist-bias/2163 "2026-05-04T17:16:44Z")
The primary purpose of practicing ideas and skills is to enable your subconscious to do them. Subconscious energy and attention are more plentiful and cheap than conscious energy and attention. This is called automatizat… --- ## [Effective Altruism Related Articles](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/effective-altruism-related-articles/2209)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2026, 11:41pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/effective-altruism-related-articles/2209 "2026-05-03T23:41:23Z")
I wanted to make it easier to find all my Effective Altruism (EA) related articles. I made an EA blog category. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://curi.us/2529-effective-altruism-rel… --- ## [Postmortems Help Address Causes of Errors](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/postmortems-help-address-causes-of-errors/2202)
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After you make an error, you should investigate what caused the error, and what changes you should make to prevent other errors due to the same underlying cause. This is called a postmortem (the root words mean “after de… --- ## [\[Product\] \[Screencast\] Elliot Reads Critical Fallibilism Forum, 2023-03-08](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/product-screencast-elliot-reads-critical-fallibilism-forum-2023-03-08/2203)
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I recorded myself catching up on CF forum posts and put it up for sale. Find details on the product page: https://curi.gumroad.com/l/oywpl This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://curi.us/… --- ## [Lulie Tanett and Dennis Hackethal Doxed Me](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/lulie-tanett-and-dennis-hackethal-doxed-me/2204)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 6:35am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/lulie-tanett-and-dennis-hackethal-doxed-me/2204 "2026-05-01T06:35:13Z")
Lulie Tanett doxed me by giving private photographs of me, taken by her, to Dennis Hackethal, the bully who plagiarized me and threatened to sue me then blogged tens of thousands of words attacking me. Hackethal doxed me… --- ## [Debate, Rejection, Priorities and Endless Meta Levels](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/debate-rejection-priorities-and-endless-meta-levels/2201)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/debate-rejection-priorities-and-endless-meta-levels/2201 "2026-04-29T20:17:33Z")
Open debate policies involve more honesty than people are used to. If you don’t ignore people with no explanation, then you have to explain when you don’t debate people. That makes your reason for not debating be transpa… --- ## [Discussing Animal Intelligence](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/discussing-animal-intelligence/2200)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2026, 5:17pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/discussing-animal-intelligence/2200 "2026-04-29T17:17:41Z")
This post replies to pdxthehunted from Reddit (everything he said there is included in quotes below). There is also previous discussion before this exchange, see here. This post will somewhat stand on its own without rea… --- ## [Checking Citations from David Thorstad](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/checking-citations-from-david-thorstad/2197)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 5:11pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/checking-citations-from-david-thorstad/2197 "2026-04-28T17:11:23Z")
Table of Contents I checked three cites from Against the singularity hypothesis by David Thorstad. I specifically looked for quotations and checked the first three I found. I wanted to test my theory that Thorstad’s cite… --- ## [Taking Personal Responsibility for Debating Your Ideas](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/taking-personal-responsibility-for-debating-your-ideas/2196)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 3:19am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/taking-personal-responsibility-for-debating-your-ideas/2196 "2026-04-28T03:19:44Z")
Anyone can take responsibility for defending some ideas. People can defend different but overlapping sets of ideas and still help each other. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://criti… --- ## [The Historicism of David Deutsch](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/the-historicism-of-david-deutsch/2128)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2026, 9:38pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/the-historicism-of-david-deutsch/2128 "2026-04-27T21:38:01Z")
This article is inspired by Brian Moon's article The Poverty of Memes (2025) (read on Medium or as a PDF). Moon's article criticizes David Deutsch's meme theory (found in The Beginning of Infinity (BoI) (2011)) for being… --- ## [Engaging with Long Articles](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/engaging-with-long-articles/2195)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2026, 5:43am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/engaging-with-long-articles/2195 "2026-04-27T05:43:21Z")
People often ignore things which are long or otherwise would take significant effort to engage with. They’ll often engage anyway if they like it, it catches their interest, it triggers them, they find it appealing, or th… --- ## [Fallibilism, Bias, and the Rule of Law](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/fallibilism-bias-and-the-rule-of-law/2194)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2026, 3:31am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/fallibilism-bias-and-the-rule-of-law/2194 "2026-04-27T03:31:31Z")
Effective Altruism (EA) aims to apply rationality, science, math and evidence to doing good. One of its main activities is evaluating the cost effectiveness of different charitable causes and encouraging donations to eff… --- ## [Richard Hamming on Doing Great Research](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/richard-hamming-on-doing-great-research/2193)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/richard-hamming-on-doing-great-research/2193 "2026-04-26T17:15:07Z")
Richard Hamming: You and Your Research is a 1986 talk about how to do "great" research in the sense of getting fame, promotions and prizes. This corresponds some with doing great research but also has differences. The ta… --- ## [Misquoting Is Conceptually Similar to Deadnaming: A Suggestion to Improve EA Norms](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/misquoting-is-conceptually-similar-to-deadnaming-a-suggestion-to-improve-ea-norms/2192)
**Author:** [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2026, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/misquoting-is-conceptually-similar-to-deadnaming-a-suggestion-to-improve-ea-norms/2192 "2026-04-26T11:26:57Z")
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