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My “headline” was a reference to the earlier thread on “existential” risk. I’ve written multiple times about the threat to…
These are excellent points, but I think they serve to emphasize the importance of getting our psychological terms straight. While…
FWIW, my semi-expert opinion on this aligns pretty closely with David’s: we’re playing with fire here, and there’s a real…
I don’t disagree with David Wallace, the things he says are to my mind obviously true. But I have a…
A few things: (1) It may be worth noting, chiefly for the benefit of those impressed by the idea that…
David Berman was my PhD supervisor in the late 1970s and early 1980s for my research on the philosophy of…
…in more or less the Yale/Chicago format. One thing surprising here is that Michigan has salary data on only a bit more than half of the class of 2010, which seems rather low.
CORRECTION: A colleague at Michigan tells me that Michigan has posted employment stats in this format for a number of years.
I think there is little to question about these remarks concerning risks – especially by those, like me, who have…