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Paradiddles
Paradiddles I was watching a video the other day of Ginger Baker, the famous British drummer. He was emphasizing the importance of the paradiddle, which I have neglected in my drumming life. I started practicing it again so as to become proficient in it. It is quite demanding mentally and physically: your hands have to […]
AI on my “AI Arms Race”
Skip to main contentAccessibility help Sign in AI Mode All News Videos Images Short videos Forums More Tools AI Arms Race – Colin McGinn colinmcginn.net https://colinmcginn.net › Uncategorized 2 days ago — AI is likely to spark an arms race between nation states, particularly China and America. This will be analogous to the old […]
Full Life
Charles, I like your essay, but I think it gives a misleading impression about my life. I first mastered psychology (two degrees, first class) and then switched to philosophy. I have worked in several areas of that. I have been an athlete and musician since before I went to university. I started writing fiction in […]
John Bond
John Bond James Bond died in 1966 when his helicopter crashed over Marrakesh on a dangerous mission. His left eyebrow went up slightly as the aircraft began its rapid descent, and he had only seconds in which to kiss goodbye the beautiful woman with whom he was conducting romantic espionage. He was 52 years old […]
AI Arms Race
AI Arms Race Mysterian politics avoids and deplores overconfident predictions. It rarely resorts to the speech act of assertion, preferring the conditional form, and uses the word “know” sparingly. But it has no objection to considering possibilities; indeed, it encourages the practice as an aid to thought and a device of precaution (it is fond […]
Politics and Mystery
Politics and Mystery Everyone knows that universities are political places. Philosophy departments are political places too. This typically takes the form of competition for power and resources: what subjects are represented, who gets a job, who gets promoted, etc. Schools of thought are subject to academic politics (professorial power-grabs). Certain schools of thought acquire prominence […]