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  • Redeeming sunk costs

    The Short Version

    The sunk cost fallacy is actually not always a fallacy.

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  • Miracles are chimerical

    The Short Version

    Because of how probability works, you shouldn’t believe someone who tells you she has witnessed a miracle.

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  • Should we think critically?

    The Short Version

    You should defer to the expert consensus instead of thinking critically.

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  • It just dawned on me that...

    The Short Version

    Sometimes, it’s more rational to act against your best judgment.

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  • Did you know that knowledge-how is knowledge-that?

    The Short Version

    Knowledge-how is just a type of knowledge-that if you look at standard linguistic theories.

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  • The first enemy

    The Short Version

    The moral grandstander seeks to appear morally respectable to others but in doing so she makes public moral discourse less effective and harms other participants of public moral discourse.

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  • Huh, determinism isn't that bad after all!

    The Short Version

    The objective attitude gets a bad rap, but a closer look reveals that though it may be impossible to fully adopt, it’s beneficial for navigating our interpersonal relationships and more generally our lives.

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  • Why Pascal was wrong after all

    The Short Version

    Pascal’s Wager is an invalid argument because wagering for God is not the action with highest expected utility.

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  • Okay Google, should I punch my friend?

    The Short Version

    Forming beliefs on moral issues by deferring to someone or something else is problematic because these beliefs don’t integrate with our moral character.

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