Random Thoughts Blog
Here are some thoughts I have had over the years that feel interesting to me. Feel free to message me about any of them or if you have anything to add. Thanks to ChatGPT for smoothing out some of the writing.
All Real Paradoxes Are About Self-Reference
I’ve been thinking about what makes a paradox really paradoxical.
Free-will paper (Philosophy Seminar Final)
There Is No Free Will—and No Self to Have It: A Phenomenological Critique of Agency and Selfhood
Optogenetics in humans
We have an unbelievable amount to learn from using optogenetics in humans
Finiteness of mind
It seems incredible that a finite thing such as the brain can give rise to an infinite thing such as the mind (what can’t you imagine?), but the mind is probably not infinite.
Intelligence explosion
Perhaps what sets humanity apart isn't that we're the smartest species or the apex of the food chain, but that we are the first species capable of reflecting on our own intelligence and improving it.
The ultimate use of AI
The best thing AI could do for us—the absolute best—is help us understand ourselves fully