'If you can’t tell, does it matter?' Who remembers this line from HBO's Westworld, season 1? 📝 https://philosophics.blog/2026/02/28/if-you-cant-tell-does-it-matter/?utm_source=masto I argue that it applies to LLMs nowadays. Many, perhaps even the majority, get self-righteous about AI in authorship.

Unasailable logic. #philosophy #news #iram #israel #war #warcrimes #humancondition #russia #bollox #meme #hatecrime #defence #nuclearoption

In part 9 of 13 discussions with Claude about the parables of the two valleys, the topic is David Graeber (and Wenrow's) evolution of domination. 👉https://philosophics.blog/2026/02/28/comrade-claude-9-david-graeber/?utm_source=masto As usual, with a touch of […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Le Guin and Zamyatin follow Foucault in my exploration of the parable of the two valleys with Claude, part 8 of 13. 👉https://philosophics.blog/2026/02/27/comrade-claude-8-le-guin/?utm_source=masto We explore how speculative fiction often anticipates complex […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

I ask Claude how Michel Foucault might consider the parable of the 2 valleys. 👉 https://philosophics.blog/2026/02/26/comrade-claude-7-foucault/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social I also realise that I lose at least an hour a day just managing my blog posts […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@ridleypark/116105373100517764 An animated video to visualise the short story, Advantagement, an exercise in language and culture. #writing #philosophy #language #blog #video #podcast #history #shortstory #experiment

View from my fitness centre room. #photo #windows #snow #building #documentation #tree #tennis #court #fitness #wellness #newengland #falmouth #capecod #massachusetts #diary #nofilter

I've got a love-hate relationship with discovering classic texts. https://philosophics.blog/2026/02/20/the-ragged-trousered-philanthropists/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social The love is, of course, the content; the hate is that it's been yet unexplored […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

I analyse language policing demanded in a video that crossed my feed.🧐 👉 https://philosophics.blog/2026/02/19/how-to-instantly-lose-popularity-on-the-internet/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social This woman calls out corporate media for soft-pedalling charges […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Why talk and reason are unlikely to resolve deep political divides. 👉 https://philosophics.blog/2026/02/18/ontological-grammars-of-abortion/?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=social I discuss ontological grammar and incommensurability using abortion as a […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Advantagement is an experimental sub-3,500-word short story. https://ridleypark.blog/2026/02/16/advantagement-behind-the-story/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social The experiment is language, but I don't stop there. I share the story on my blog, and here is […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

I had to sanction an LLM. I took names and wrote about it. 🧐 👉 https://philosophics.blog/2026/02/15/advantagement-and-modelment/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social I asked NotebookLM to summarise a short story, and it fabricated details and introduced logic […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

📝 Absurdist short story set in Victorian London. 👀 Story: https://ridleypark.blog/2026/02/15/advantagement/ Summary Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5L7KmcSNx9K2fSxvY4a4xv?si=iJ1o7-DqR2Gn9KBhBAHk8w #writing #blog #podcast #shortstory #absurd #literatuve #experimental

The Blunt Edge of Ockham's Razor. What are the risks? https://philosophics.blog/2026/02/14/the-trouble-with-ockhams-razor/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social I needed to take a break from video editing. No Judas Priest references inside. #philosophy #logic […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

I continue my discussion with Claude about the Two Valleys parable to talk about the economy of moral control. Comrade Claude (6) – Nietzsche https://philosophics.blog/2026/02/13/comrade-claude-6-nietzsche/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social #philosophy #blog […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A colleague and I chatted about a recent publication; he graciously noted he didn't agree with me. I realise that my example was strictly US. In this post, I don't lose the US frame; I added more background and brought in some name support. Feedback and […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Dialogue and debate are insufficient for thick concepts. https://philosophics.blog/2026/02/11/firmware-room-101-and-the-myth-of-rational-reprogramming/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social #philosophy #politics #ontology #grammar #language #blog #podcast […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

In this video, I describe the gender debate in terms of ontology, grammar, and incommensurability. https://philosophics.blog/2026/02/10/ontology-grammar-and-incommensurability/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social This is part of a series of use cases that […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

I consider the divide between Continental and Analytical philosophy through my ontological lens after watching an IAI debate. I had already considered this as a use case, so the serendipity was convenient. What I used to call petulance, I now call ontological […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

I attempt to explain the rationale behind things like the political divide. All over social media, I see factions supporting and condemning events and activities. Each side claims the other side is stupid, ignorant, or uninformed, but this misses a […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

I am posting more, oriented on my essays on Substack. Check it out. https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/youre-not-arguing-youre-talking-past #philosophy #politics #psychology #society #humancondition #Epistemology #Language #semantics #ontology #factions […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

🗣️ Why do we keep talking past each other? What if dialogue and education aren't the issue? https://philosophics.blog/2026/02/09/why-just-think-critically-keeps-failing/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=essay What if the other side doesn't have […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Claude witters on about the Thermodynamics or ideological Maintenance—referencing democracy and capitalism. https://philosophics.blog/2026/02/08/comrade-claude-5-democracy-and-capitalism/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social #philosophy #physics #maintenance […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

The Paradox of the State. Claude and I continue our dialogue about the parable of the Two Valleys, effectively invoking Hobbes and Rousseau. https://philosophics.blog/2026/02/07/comrade-claude-4-libertarians-and-anarchists/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

News Flash: Fish Are Not Arboreal by Nature 🦈 https://philosophics.blog/2026/02/06/fish-are-not-arboreal-by-nature/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social Those who know me know I am no fan of psychology as a discipline. A fundamental reason is the categorical […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Property is Violence: My continuing dialogue with Claude on the Two Valleys parable. 🏠 https://philosophics.blog/2026/02/06/comrade-claude-3-state-violence/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social #philosophy #power #property #rights #violence #markets […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Perish the Thought: You Didn’t Override Anything https://philosophics.blog/2026/02/05/perish-the-thought-you-didnt-override-anything/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social #philosophy #blog #podcast

Proudhon said property is theft, but Clause tells me that property is violence. https://philosophics.blog/2026/02/05/comrade-claude-2-private-property/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=parable Which one is correct? Why not both? #philosophy […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Why Better Political Arguments Don't Win https://open.spotify.com/episode/6LBmP9nB8RzbhNhvY8vrJC?si=QWG5wT_bRxyKfd_Pc5z2Jw #philosophy #politics #podcast #essay #summary #perspective #communication #argument

New on SubStack: The Grammar of Impasse Overviews of these 2 essays. Nothing new, but it provides an overview that connects the essays. https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/the-grammar-of-impasse #philosophy #substack #politics #grammar #enlightenment #writing

First in a series where I ask Claude to analyse the Two Valleys parable from various perspectives. https://philosophics.blog/2026/02/04/comrade-claude-1-anti-enlightenment/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social Sure, you could have run the stories through […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Two new essays, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞, diagnose a shared failure in contemporary political theory. 2. 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 argues that even where disagreement is genuine, political explanation increasingly focuses on beliefs and values while missing the […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Two new essays, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞, diagnose a shared failure in contemporary political theory. 1. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐱𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 argues that much of what appears as left–right conflict is variation within a closed Enlightenment repertoire that constrains what […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

As a heterodox thinker, I notice a similar apophatic misalignment as atheists (which is also why atheism isn't a religion). 👉 https://philosophics.blog/2026/02/03/on-heterodoxy-near-misses-and-the-comfort-of-saying-not-this/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Data and information are never neutral. Seeing Like a State should be required reading for all statisticians, data scientists, and 'if you can't measure it, you can't manage it' cohorts. As I've mentioned before, stats is tossed into maths curricula despite […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Part 2 of a triptych modern parable on a divided culture no longer divided by geography. ⛰️ https://philosophics.blog/2026/02/02/the-tunnel-or-how-modernity-solves-precisely-nothing/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social #philosophy #culture #modernity […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Je m'accuse. I grievously squandered a Saturday, rendering a parable about communication. ⛰️ https://philosophics.blog/2026/02/01/two-valleys-diverged-in-a-mountain-range/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social Claude did the heavy lifting after extensive […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

I've long considered the connexion of Law and Morality to be weak and tenuous. https://philosophics.blog/2026/01/31/why-so-serious/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social After listening to this survival-cannibalism-on-the-high-seas story by Judge Coleridge in […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Accidental ontologist. 🧐 I am madly working on a couple of new ontology books. As a follow-up to A Language Insufficiency Hypothesis, I noticed that the challenge is deeper than language; it's ontological. In my first book on the topic, I focus on the […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

I have said it once, I will say it a hundred times more. The West Wing is poison, destructive twaddle that ignores the reality of power politics and creates a destructive fantasy that will doom liberalism until it is thrown aside. The only thing that matters in politics is power. The only way […]

To tell the truth, I just posted an essay on the truth. Many philosophers have written about Truth over the years, but truth is just a tool, a trivial bookkeeping device […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

I recently shared a post calling out mystics, trying to fill spaces I deflate, but I am self-aware enough that I can be guilty, too. https://philosophics.blog/2026/01/28/when-deflation-becomes-ritual/?utm_sourcemaston&utm_medium=social #philosophy #language […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

I use AI for early peer review. I use it extensively for research and recommendations. I also use it for alpha and beta reads. I wrote about it. https://philosophics.blog/2026/01/27/using-generative-ai-as-early-peer-review/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

RE: https://metalhead.club/@GregSadler/115962082873235002 I'm not a fan of the legacy of Aristotelian grammar, especially as filtered through the lens of Aquinas. I'm working on (yet another) manuscript to make my point. #language #linguistics #logic #writing #book #manuscript #classics […]

Is it just me and my neurodiverse brain, or does everyone notice minutiae like this – and then feel compelled to blog about it? 👉https://philosophics.blog/2026/01/26/enough-anough-and-the-archaeology-of-small-mistakes/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social What […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Quantum mechanics may not be strange at all. What fails is a childhood heuristic we quietly promoted to metaphysics. 👉 https://philosophics.blog/2026/01/25/the-expiration-date-of-object-permanence/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social Schrödinger’s cat was […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

I keep discovering that deflationary philosophy attracts mystics like moths to a freshly cleared void, so I wrote about it. 👉 https://philosophics.blog/2026/01/24/why-deflationary-philosophy-keeps-attracting-mystics/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social It's […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Testing a TikTok send. https://www.tiktok.com/@microglyphics/video/7598750893021891853?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

Reality Happens Once. Facts Happen Many Times. After writing about 'The Trouble with Facts' yesterday, I realised that the polysemy of 'facts' introduces category errors. Not all facts are created equal. 👉 […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

The trouble with facts is that they cannot be directly observed. https://philosophics.blog/2026/01/22/the-trouble-with-facts/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social #philosophy #epistemology #ontology #facts #objectivity #mediation #interpretation #causation […] [Original post on mastodon.social]