List: Philosophy | Curated by The Friedel Chronicles

Jul 29, 2023
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Philosophy
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Philosophical me (1)How I turned from an an Aristotelian into a modern philosopher
Jun 26, 2016
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Jun 26, 2016
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Philosophical me (2)The Footnote Pioneer — by Frederic Friedel
Apr 1, 2019
Apr 1, 2019
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Speech Act Theory — just say yes!By Frederic Friedel
Jan 4, 2017
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Jan 4, 2017
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Falsification and the scientific methodHow and why confirmation bias influences our thinking
Oct 14, 2018
Oct 14, 2018
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The positive result biasHow it’s used in pseudo-medicine and general scams
Apr 15, 2019
Apr 15, 2019
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Quantum physics — is it real?It has all the hallmarks of a classical pseudoscience — except that its predictions are preposterously accurate, so it has to be!
Aug 17, 2016
Aug 17, 2016
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Debating flat earthersThey can be better at it than you are
Jun 6, 2016
Jun 6, 2016
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How evolution worksIt is dispassionate and brutal — and it is not taking place in humans. My provocative view on the subject.
Nov 27, 2020
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Nov 27, 2020
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Lessons on evolutionHow to help school children understand one of the central findings of science.
Dec 30, 2021
Dec 30, 2021
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On Evolution and AcornsWhy oak trees periodically produce bumper crops
Oct 27, 2020
Oct 27, 2020
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Prime number cicadas — really!You are not going to believe this one, and I won’t blame you for your skepticism. I could not believe it myself, when it happened.
Feb 19, 2017
Feb 19, 2017
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Rain forests — lungs of the Earth?Do they actually produce oxygen or merely recycle it?
Jul 24, 2018
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Jul 24, 2018
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The eclipse that changed the worldToday is truly an auspicious day for science
May 29, 2019
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May 29, 2019
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If we find life on Mars — we are doomed!Can you guess why finding alien life on our neighbouring planet could spell the long-term extinction of Humanity? A thought experiment.
Jul 30, 2019
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Jul 30, 2019
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My wonderful AI predictionsIn 1970 I wrote the introduction to a TV documentary on artificial intelligence. It was very clever — but completely wrong!
Dec 3, 2020
Dec 3, 2020