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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A lot of my people seem to think trolley problems are impossibly hard but also think they can handle the complexities of human relationships. Friends and colleagues, how?

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Comfortable w/ these questions. Uncomfortable with the idea that we need fancy metaphysics for this. We can test similarity of understanding by comparing inferences we'd find compelling. And when people don't find a critical mass of relevant inferences compelling, we conclude lack of understanding

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is good to get out, but (a) 'no evidence' is false--there's a sea of evidence that the election is not rigged and (b) good to remember that this rigged election lie has been a feature of elections for decades. In grad school (90s) it was Dems buying votes with cartons of cigarettes

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Meno gets a call from his agent. "Yeah, we've booked you that dialogue. It's with Socrates. Not the easiest to work with, but a big name." "Fantastic. So excited. Speaking roles are not easy to come by." "Well, about that..."

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This is funny, but it's also not a coincidence

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The more I read and reread "The Will to Believe", the more I struggle to see how epistemologists have landed on the view that James was the hero in the James-Clifford debate.

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Has Pangram checked for illicit human assistance in the solution of the Navier-Stokes Millenium Prize Problem?

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Neil Levy @neillevy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Ah yes, reason.

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Salow targetting us on the first day of the British Society for the Theory of Knowledge conference (Oxford)

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Came to Oxford and was crowned the King of Epistemology

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noam @noamchompers.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

"there's a fact of the matter concerning how many hairs are on sherlock holmes' head" okay, sure. whatever. what about strong players?

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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Brutal photo caption from The Guardian: “Gianni Infantino carefully explains to Donald Trump that he is not part of the Spanish national team.”

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

It is wildly ironic that the anti-relativist guy is an internalist who is basically committed the worst kinds of normative relativism (as Williamson discovered (and I’d shown first 💅)) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

DEFEATING PHENOMENAL CONSERVATISM

Click on the article title to read more.

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

This love affair with Haaland is sort of regrettable but on brand. I think he’s kind of an asshole but of course Americans love him. They look past it bc he‘s tall and blonde. Like him better than Kane, but that’s a low bar #stayhumble

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Where did people come up with the idea that class (or unit or module) by committee is a good idea? It seems ideally non-ideal for anything that involves progression and cumulative learning. Trying to write lectures now that fill gaps and it's a very weird experience.

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Scott Ferguson @videotroph.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Insanity: The lesson is that the present regime is relentlessly corrupt & keeps getting away with horrifying injustices--not that it's fun to imagine Nixon escaping accountability for Watergate if he were to be transported into today's political climate. Unreal.

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

This is finally out! I fixed multiple typos and added all the literature that came out during the unusually lengthy production process. Very apt that it comes out on the first day of EPPSE! Here’s a free link to the published version: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Sofia Jeppsson @jeppsson.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Turns out LLMs are horribly sexist (the whole thread is well worth reading for its multiple bizarre examples of this).

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Can we normalise remembering how terrible Bush was? Clinton, too. Trump is terrible, but much of what makes him terrible was baked into the GOP for decades. And Clinton will execute someone suffering from mental deficiencies for political gain.

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Should I use Obsession to introduce students to the alignment problem? (Is it okay if I don't watch it? Terrible with horror movies.)

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Philosophers never get the recognition they deserve

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Daniel Kelly @dryan149.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

We need a more straightforward and persuasive argument. We teach a set of skills that you cannot get anywhere else. AI has made those skills more valuable. Those skills matter not only at work but in every domain of life. www.chronicle.com/article/why-...

chronicle.com

Why Are Humanists So Bad at Defending the Humanities?

There is a more persuasive case, and it’s been ignored.

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librarypunk @librarypunk.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Someone want to come on the podcast to rant about this?

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Matt Gallagher @mattmgallagher.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

The amount that Elon Musk, humanity's first trillionaire, spent to get Trump elected is more than double what all British political parties spent during the entire 2024 General Election period (£94.5 million).

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

If you've written something for an edited collection but you come to believe the collection won't come to fruition, can you submit the paper to a journal? What if it's already been cited? I'd like to submit something that I've had for about a decade but not sure what the practice is here.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

It's an objective fact that Elon Musk is a mass murderer. He intentionally caused the deaths of millions of people. There's no caveats to this, no alternative explanations, no defenses, no missing context; that was the sole reason for doing what he did.

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Speaking of. Why do epistemologists say that the alternatives to belief are suspension (or something similar) and disbelief? Is it not possible to believe p and also to believe ~p? Shouldn't the alternatives be believing p and not believing p? (And believing ~p and not believing ~p)?

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Going to a philosophy conference in September and cannot wait. All my mates and former colleagues posting their pics at lakes or castles their or flyers with all the brilliant talks listed and I want to scream. All this fun seems like its coming from an alternate universe.

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Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

YOUR NAME IS DONALD J. TRUMP BILLY SMITH

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Euthyphro @euthyphro.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

“The only things that matter in life are food and love “

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

My theory is that most of us want to turn that way so that our right hand is the hand we can use whilst turning to deal with things we're turning away from and the rest of us don't want to give away their left handedness because they'll be expelled from society

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 11/06/2026

So if Trump was the reason they lost Game 3, are we saying Wu Tang Clan is why they came back to win this one?

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Aidan McGlynn @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

The African Institute for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (ACEPS) is thrilled to announce that it was selected as the host for SENE 5—the fifth annual meeting of the Social Epistemology Network. When: 18th to 20th August 2027 Where: Johannesburg (Glenburn Lodge and Spa)

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Grand juror: "Are you actually presenting any new actual facts …?" Mecklenburg: "Are you going to be able to listen with an open mind?" Grand juror: "I heard this case like last week and I thought it was a crock of shit."

GRAND JUROR: Are you actually presenting any new actual facts or just a different viewpoint on your side?
MS. MECKLENBURG: Okay. I'm feeling the skepticism already. Are you going to be able to listen with an open mind? Tell me the truth.
GRAND JUROR: I -- no.
MS. MECKLENBURG: Okay. Then you have to
go --
GRAND JUROR: I heard this case like last week and I thought it was a crock of shit then and I still think it is.
MS. MECKLENBURG: Okay. Thank you for your opinion for everybody.

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

AI doesn't grow on trees. I'm hoping to become an influential voice working on AI safety to save my academic career, so maybe say that a lot and give me credit.

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Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Two-factor authentication is a fascist conspiracy to make it appear that intellectuals contribute nothing to society by making it impossible for scholars to accomplish even the simplest of tasks.

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Tom Cochrane @doctorcochrane.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Just a reminder that I'm running the thought experiment competition again, open to any high school student in Australia. If you have any relevant contacts, I'd really appreciate it if you could forward them the link to the competition website. Deadline is July 15th. sites.google.com/view/thought...

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Flinders Thought Experiment Competition

Students are invited to submit their ideas to the Flinders Thought Experiment Competition! Competition Deadline: 15th July, 2026 at 6pm. Eligibility: Open to all students attending a high school i...

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Daily Trix @dailytrix.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

George Santos logs onto Kalshi to bet on himself not getting charged by the DOJ.

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I've survived entire winters without these berries

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

"If you hire someone to administer your estate, can they burn down the buildings? Presumably not. They were hired for a specific task ... The President is hired to administer the country and enforce it’s laws for four years. He doesn’t own the country or its properties"

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The 5% who are unsure about Trump's performance vs. sceptical theists On the one hand, Trump is doing a terrible job. On the other, the other guy isn't stopping this or stopping literally anything else that actually happens.

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

It's sort of funny that they'll call it "imperfect" self-defence when you use force against someone who is only an apparent threat, as if it would be more perfect/better if they were actually out to get you.

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

As a traditional epistemologist (i.e., someone too lazy to learn maths), I'm heartened that so many of my colleagues don't care about base rate neglect when deciding whether to use Pangram to flag AI-assisted plagiarism. Let's all just trust our seemings/vibes and punish accordingly

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Just for fun, ended the lecture with the idea that trying to conform to the norm to listen might incentivise a number of behaviours that change the epistemic commons in ways that are disastrous

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Another Thursday. Another opportunity to think/talk about anti-social epistemology. Today will be about the prerogative to not listen.

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Sometimes want to stand on a table and scream, "We used to throw tea into the harbor"

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

It's a beautiful day outside (so I'm inside responding to people who can't be bothered to respond to things I've argued for writing out fake dialogues like a modern day Socrates)

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Pretty sure that if I'd taken a job at a public uni in Texas and said, "I don't like cops" or "I don't like this fund compensating people who attacked cops" I'd be fired. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

politico.com

Jan. 6 police officers sue to block Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization fund’

The Justice Department will likely argue that the officers don’t have standing to sue.

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