Pavel ChvykovFeb 711 minBS3Quantum Darwinism, social constructs, and the scientific methodTL;DR: All three of these are centered around the idea of consensus reality – that reproducibility, or redundancy of consistent records,...
Pavel ChvykovJan 224 minBS3Values DarwinismTL;DR / summary: Can we objectively define "progress"? A Darwinian definition seems plausible. But when referring to cultures,...
Pavel ChvykovJun 11, 20235 minMindfulnessAura as a proprioceptive glitch At my recent Vipassana retreat, I had a peculiar experience of feeling distinct physical sensations outside of my physical body... O_o
Pavel ChvykovJan 9, 20234 minBS3Against the Paradox of Tolerance[The ideas here followed from some great discussion with Jerome Warren in Brussels 2022] Karl Popper’s Paradox of Tolerance argues that...
Pavel ChvykovAug 30, 20224 minBS3And the word was "God"I want to explore a word that seems to be very triggering, and thereby somehow very important, in our culture: the word God. Whether you...