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172 – Virtue Ethics

The Bayesian Conspiracy

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The Fallacy of Gray

The next post is the fallacy of gray which starts out with a quote but two people talking to each other. The sophisticated says the world isn't black and white no one does pure good or pure bad it's all gray therefore no one is better than anyone else while his interlocutor says knowing only gray you conclude that all grays are the same shade. I think if somebody who is otherwise able to reason and then buys lottery tickets this is like the kind of thing you can be like hey look you know you realize look at the numbers  and yes that feels like a chance but it's not.

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