Today is Sir Terry Pratchett's birthday. By far one of the best authors of my generation. “A man is not dead while his name is still spoken.” So, may his name echo eternally through the clacks. GNUTerryPratchett

@kierongillen.bsky.social I read a story by Ludovico Einaudi about a time he had to perform on an out of tune piano. It was a Ludo dissonance narrative.

We say there is a fine-tuning problem because if we tweak the values of the physical constants, life seems to become impossible. But what if we tweak the structure of the laws of physics instead? open.substack.com/pub/disagree...

Short and sweet post about why I don't think the problem of evil should bother anyone who is both a theist and an anti-functionalist. As with most of my philosophy, my implicit target here is probably my frenemy @philipgoff.bsky.social. disagreeableme.substack.com/p/i-dont-get...

The latest in our YouTube short story project is a reading of legendary sci-fi and fantasy author @aptshadow.bsky.social ’s The Face of the King. Al Barclay (Slow Horses, Deep Cover, The Crown) breathes new creative life into this brilliant dark fantasy story.

Deeply horrifying and almost certain to escalate. Insane we’ve let this go this far.

There appears to have been another ICE murder in Minneapolis this morning. [CW: graphic video] www.reddit.com/r/Minneapoli...

I just thought everyone should see this

My thoughts on a disagreement with Pete Mandik on the possibility of Virtual Minds. disagreeableme.substack.com/p/on-virtual...

Featuring a special guest appearance from yours truly! At about 0:57:00, if you want to skip all the irrelevant non-DM content. (jk -- of course the rest of the discussion is even better).

@disagreeableme.bsky.social wrote a detailed review of my paper and raised some really important questions! They also explained parts of my theory in a very clear manner, even better than I did! I’ll think about this and write up a response soon. Thanks so much for this! 🙏🏻

My thoughts on this here: open.substack.com/pub/disagree...

It's that time of year again! (Let's not let this meme die, people.)

Was such a joy doing Mind Chat with @keithfrankish.com again, and great chatting to the wonderful Robert Lawrence Kuhn host of @closertotruth.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/2o7RvGV...

Really enjoyed talking to @lanceindependent.bsky.social face to face. My first philosophy stream! Lance was a great host, my apologies for the poor audio on my end, especially the first half. www.youtube.com/live/z6OFkWz...

W00t!

MIND CHAT IS BACK!!!!!!!!!! www.youtube.com/live/wzVGSzV...

My friend @disagreeableme.bsky.social did not formally study philosophy. We made friends arguing on X when he was living on the other side of the world in New Zealand. We disagree about everything but it was constructive. Then his partner got a job at Durham.. philpapers.org/rec/OBRTCO-6

Similes are like metaphors. But metaphors are similes.

Now officially published: what I think @seanmcarroll.bsky.social, @davidpapineau.bsky.social and David Wallace get wrong about quantum immortality. link.springer.com/10.1007/s112...

I’m officially no longer just a crank who just argues about philosophy on the Internet. I’m now a crank who has had a paper accepted to Synthese! Here’s a post about it. open.substack.com/pub/disagree...

I've just submitted a complete book manuscript to the publisher. A liberal and mystical reimagining of the traditional religions of the West. Hardest thing I've ever done. I shouldn't complain, though, because it's going to be a bestseller.

I think this might be my clearest articulation of it IMHO

You might think from the name that panpsychism is the belief that bread is conscious. And you’d be right.

Join me and @petemandik.bsky.social live at 6.15 UK time today for something indescribable youtube.com/live/0T77EDc...

Latest philosophy post up at the StanStack. I don't post these very often, driving scarcity & value. #philsky #philosophy open.substack.com/pub/stanpatt...

In the UK, you can be branded a terrorist in law even if you don’t cause, or intend to cause, fear. Our laws are designed to associate non-terrorist acts with terrorism so that they elicit stronger negative reactions & so hasher punishments seem justified. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Dear all, Helen passed away at 13:21 local time. Helen would not have wanted us to be sad for a long time. All they wanted was to be remembered. They looked forward to being rid of pain and to being at rest. Helen took great comfort in you, their friends and readers. pt. 1/2

Love @lanceindependent.bsky.social, love Henry Shevlin, love videogames, what's not to love? Really enjoyed the enthusiasm of this concersation. youtube.com/live/MttmPst...

I would also like to know what people think about this. Guth seems pretty persuasive, but I don't have a good grasp of the physics.

I was going to repost this, but luckily I realised how pointless and aggravating it would be just in time.

Would anyone be interested in attending a series of online introductory lectures on the philosophy of consciousness (the whole field, not just my views) Say, 2 x 90 min lectures a week for 8 weeks. If so, how much would you be willing to pay to attend the whole series? Please answer by dm only.

At the cliffhanger to this trailer, I ask William Lane Craig if he thinks I'm a Christian. I'll send a copy of my book to the person who gets closest to guessing his answer (before it airs 8pm today). x.com/JusBrierley/...

I had a (very) long debate with an LLM about moral realism. I was impressed. substack.com/@disagreeabl...

I was joking here when predicting that @philipgoff.bsky.social would lose the debate. To set the record straight, I think he actually did very well. I think his arguments for a God of limited powers were more persuasive than the opposition's against. Christianity, not so much.

50% off the (self-narrated) audio version of my "Why?" book until 13th April! www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...

Elon should rebrand Tesla as Magawagen

There's Something about Mary (regarding which @petemandik.bsky.social and I disagree). disagreeableme.substack.com/p/failed-mar...

Very sad to see the poet and general sharp observer of life Pat Ingoldsby has died. So, as he prepared for this event, here's to Pat. 🥃

There were certainly some people disrespecting the Oval Office today.

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey:

if Hoffman's a pirate and you see Neverland: Hook, by Spielberg (broadly panned) if the pirate is Hopper and you see land never: Waterworld, Costner's troubled endeavor

To be honest, I never really liked any of the David Lynch stuff I saw. But a lot of people I really respect did, so I know this is a me problem. I wish I had been able to appreciate him as others did. Goodbye to a groundbreaking artist of the medium.

The Qualia Quietism Manifesto open.substack.com/pub/petemand...

Big day ahead! #Speirgorm

give me a single image from a film that immediately makes you hear the song from the soundtrack in your head

Live at 4.30 UK time today! An impromptu Christmas Mind Chat betweeen @philipgoff.bsky.social and me! We'll chat about the life, the universe, and everything and take live questions from viewers! Don't miss it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=pThp...