#thoughtexperiment

What if a dolphin offered to delete your browser history in exchange for reading your thoughts while you shower? Would you trust it? Or is that the price of freedom now?

For some reason you can’t possibly comprehend, you’ve traveled back in time. But your memories—the last 15 years—are still intact, untouched, and as clear as can be. Not many people know about Bitcoin

I often find myself in an uncanny position when I stand in a supermarket betwixt the abundance of food: How have we naturalized the idea that we can only buy food (from a supermarket)? People usually look

Administrative Law, Space Law Thought Experiment, Sociology Today I thought I'd take a break from our scheduled programming. Every week I try to write something informative explaining why robots should

Administrative Law, Space Law Thought Experiment, Sociology Today I thought I'd take a break from our scheduled programming. Every week I try to write something informative explaining why robots should

Philosophy, Sociology, Robot Rights, Thought Experiment Robert Nozick created the ‘experience machine’ thought experiment to highlight a key issue with utilitarianism. If happiness is the only good, then

Thought Experiment, Political Philosophy, Philosophy, Robot Rights One of the reasons reforming personhood is so contentious is because nobody likes the idea of change. Before the Great Reform Act, the

What would a world where Neurolink and cerebral advertisements we normalized?

Theology, Robot Rights, Philosophy, Thought Experiment Pascal’s Wager has long been established as a way in which people try to logically justify their beliefs in God. Belief is treated as a gamble, instead

Robot Rights, Activism, Thought Experiment, Philosophy Descartes’ Cogito is one of the most iconic pieces of philosophy in existence. Cogito ergo sum. I think, therefore I am. Behind the Latin is a devilishly

Robot Rights, Law and Technology, Thought Experiment, Philosophy Knowing your own body will expire, is not pleasant. Death is scary to a lot of people, especially if they believe there is no immortal soul.

...and you were one of the very few people cognizant of this reality... What would you do with that information/ power? Would you try to hack the system to gain advantages over the ignorant masses? Would

Interesting question, right? I mean, I'm sure that It would not be fair to generalize, to say that the only reason why someone is here, why someone is participating of cryptocurrencies is because they

Cryptocurrencies are something sorta new, since bitcoin is now almost ten years old. When envisioned they were meant to be currencies, used to buy and exchange value. However, they have become far more

@salmanrajz asks; do we have free will? Thank you to everyone who offered suggestions for what philosophical question I should tackle today. I chose this one because I feel it is incredibly important.

It's been a few days since I’ve eaten anything, I don’t really feel like eating sometimes, but it's not because I’m not hungry, it's more because they are making the food, their stench is on everything.

Another one of those times where you take it all in, look at life, move forward, cheer up for the right reasons. Almost lose yourself to let your self go to see yourself in action. Get out of your own

Just a little thought experiment. In our age of data and information manipulation and control, decentralized platforms for expression are essential. I just wonder sometimes how many people think about

The blockchain has changed the way we look at everything actually. It's not just economic, transactions, storing, etc. Everything. In my frustration of recent results for the team I support, I, therefore,

You know the classic thought experiment... (Although when we were kids we never said "thought experiment". ;) "If you were stranded on a desert island..." If You were stranded on a