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The Casual Evil of Humanity

Typical humans have a casual evil that I think is epistemic in nature.

Jun 19

The Casual Evil of Humanity

Jun 19

The Putin Fallacy―Let’s Try It Out

A couple years ago, a thing occurred to me that I call the “Putin fallacy”.[1]

Sep 24, 2023

The Putin Fallacy―Let’s Try It Out

Sep 24, 2023

Geniuses of Limited IQ

This article is boring but I have no audience so it doesn’t matter

Jul 12, 2023

Geniuses of Limited IQ

Jul 12, 2023

GPT5 won’t be what kills us all

The Future of Life Institute’s open letter calls on the world not to make models bigger than GPT-4 for six months.

Apr 20, 2023

GPT5 won’t be what kills us all

Apr 20, 2023

Ukraine is winning. How much they win is up to us.

My predictions for 2023.

Mar 29, 2023

Ukraine is winning. How much they win is up to us.

Mar 29, 2023

Pink Buses: The Nuclear Option

In an alternate universe, everybody rides the bus because cars are too dangerous for bystanders. Why? Well, actually buses are dangerous…

Jun 3, 2022

Pink Buses: The Nuclear Option

Jun 3, 2022

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I’m Sick of Medium’s Russian Propaganda

“We will not go to war with Ukraine”, Putin said.

Apr 20, 2022

I’m Sick of Medium’s Russian Propaganda

Apr 20, 2022

Putin’s Rain of Terror

I’m writing this on March 24, 2022: the one-month anniversary of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Mar 25, 2022

Putin’s Rain of Terror

Mar 25, 2022

Crary avoids explaining her arguments against Effective Altruism

in an article about Effective Altruism being morally “bankrupt”

Sep 13, 2021

Sep 13, 2021

Why we worship thee, O great Sex!

A response to “Reframing the evolutionary benefit of sex”, which explains the evolutionary role of sex as something something E[dx * (1 +…

Jul 6, 2021

Why we worship thee, O great Sex!

Jul 6, 2021

David Piepgrass

David Piepgrass

Software engineer with over 20 years of experience. Fighting for a better world and against dark epistemology.

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