Boltzmann Brian @boltzmannbrian.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Have encountered multiple people who were skeptical that I (a cis man) could genuinely relate to Elena in my brilliant friend, like idk what to tell you having a hot friend who is better than you at stuff is not a uniquely feminine experience lol 010
Boltzmann Brian @boltzmannbrian.bsky.social · 18/06/2026When I took undergrad philosophy of science we read Longino’s ‘How values can be good for science’ which I found quite convincing as (at the time) a very pro objectivity science bro type 130
Boltzmann Brian @boltzmannbrian.bsky.social · 06/05/2025I’m not sure if this is the original discovery but iirc Shaun covers it in depth in this video youtu.be/Ou_xvXJJk7k?...youtu.beJK Rowling's New FriendsYouTube video by Shaun 010
Boltzmann Brian @boltzmannbrian.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Such a good show. My current favourite show is watching my friend watch the sopranos for the first time. 010
Boltzmann Brian @boltzmannbrian.bsky.social · 28/12/2024Also, aside from the rationality of collective knowledge, it seems trivially true that a majority of one’s beliefs are contingent on where and when they are born, since a significant proportion of those beliefs should be tracking the facts of one’s life, not someone else’s lol 000
Boltzmann Brian @boltzmannbrian.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Snowpiercer was very good, but it definitely felt didactic to me. I guess it depends on where you place allegories in the distinction; it didn’t have any “and that’s why arbitrary hierarchies are bad…” soliloquies at least. 000
Boltzmann Brian @boltzmannbrian.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Semi-relatedly, did you listen to mindscape this week? Good contender for least helpful analogy I’ve ever heard: “think of a neuron like a tiny brain” 110
Boltzmann Brian @boltzmannbrian.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Wait was the podcast ‘if books could kill’ I remember being kind of annoyed at their exposition of the distinction at some point lol 110
Boltzmann Brian @boltzmannbrian.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Well my interpretation might be bullshit lol, it’s been a while since I’ve actually read the paper 110
Boltzmann Brian @boltzmannbrian.bsky.social · 14/12/2024I think the falls apart when used to analyze single utterances but it kind of makes sense as characterizing the activity the speaker is engaged in during a sustained dialogue 110
Boltzmann Brian @boltzmannbrian.bsky.social · 14/12/2024iirc lying essentially involves tracking the truth to support a quasiconsistent claim while bullshit is indifferent to it and permits of contradictions. Intent to deceive sort of requires the former but not the latter I guess, cause you’re not doing a good job of it if you aren’t tracking the truth? 110
Boltzmann Brian @boltzmannbrian.bsky.social · 07/12/2024My girlfriend and I had an argument about the argument in anatomy of a fall immediately after watching it which really underscored to me how good it was lol 020
Boltzmann Brian @boltzmannbrian.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Not a photo but: Sunrise flying into Halifax 040
Boltzmann Brian @boltzmannbrian.bsky.social · 25/11/2024From how you describe the goings-on (happenings, states of affairs, etc.) I have a feeling I can guess who it is (That was me trying to ape their writing style). 110
