The frenemies of trans rights
Some reflections on my Prospect interview with the UK’s first openly trans philosopher, Sophie Grace Chappell, plus more in the latest Microphilosophy.
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Sophie Grace Chappell interview
The UK’s first openly trans philosopher explains how she bases her gender identity in experience, not theory
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Should AI have rights?
Until we can be sure whether robots are capable of consciousness, it may make sense to err on the side of granting them protections
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The appeal of underwhelming psychics
Superstition and nonsense exert a grip on people in part because the reasoning that makes them think there may just be something in it is of a form which is both natural and, used properly, perfectly rational.
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BoJo, ou l’art de performer sur du vide
L’ancien gouverneur de l’État de New York, Mario Cuomo, aurait un jour déclaré que les hommes politiques doivent faire campagne avec poésie, et gouverner en prose. Johnson a fait la campagne d’un amuseur télé bas de gamme, et a gouverné exactement de la même manière.
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