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This is incorrect. The incident involving Petrov occured on September 26, 1983. Petrov judged that the Oko early warning system’s…
This is an awful loss, I’m crushed by it. Dale was one of my most important mentors, philosophical interlocutors, and…
(I won’t use my name or email address as this post is critical of other philosophers.) Bill was one of…
Although I didn’t know Dale well, I had the good fortune to meet and interact with him during graduate school…
I am shell shocked. Dale was an exemplary and creative moral philosophy, rigorously engaged with the most foundational issues across…
This is sharply at variance with my understanding of the situation. The general consensus for some while has been that…
…they’re in the U.S. army too, and offering the troops a Biblical interpretation of the attack on Iran. Given that Pete “pass the bottle” Hegseth is one of them, one can only wonder where this is heading… (Thanks to John Bussanich for the pointer.)
You’re right, that’s my mistake. Because the two incidents occurred a couple of months apart, I guess they often get…