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  • Why We Are Not In a Simulation

    A Response to Moti Mirzahi Have you ever wondered if we live in a simulation? For a while, simulation arguments were popular in philosophy. I hope to show why one of those arguments falls short. This argument is a different spin on an argument for God’s existence, from the universe appears designed, so there must […]

  • Mr. Beast and Social Contract Theodicy

    A Preemptive Response to Nathan Rockwood. A Mr. Beast video I recently watched has made me question a theodicy I previously thought was brilliant. Participants of Mr. Beast’s game shows voluntarily participate in contests that involve suffering. It ranges from social isolation to twisted social experiments and limited dietary constraints. Participants do not hold Mr. […]

  • Meaning through Reason: A Necessary Ethic

    In Tolstoy’s Confession, he makes two claims to why life is meaningless: Assuming a strong Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR) I respond to Tolstoy by providing a framework rather than complete demonstration of my metaphysical claims. The framework provides that rational agents engage with an underlying intelligible structure of reality, and that engagement provides meaning […]