Archive - Vatsal’s Newsletter

Michael Shermer on Morality and Science

On the nature of morality and whether science and reason can help us discover moral truths.

Feb 4 •

23:47

January 2025

Review of Tyler Cowen’s Stubborn Attachments

A review of the book “Stubborn Attachments: A Vision for a Society of Free, Prosperous, and Responsible Individuals” by Tyler Cowen.

Jan 11 •

November 2024

A Conversation with Garett Jones on Democracy

On democracy and oligarchy, Aristotle, courage, women’s suffrage and open borders, political legitimacy, and metaethics.

Nov 26, 2024 •

October 2024

February 2024

A Conversation with Martin Frické on the Epistemology of Machine Learning

On rationalism and empiricism, Noam Chomsky’s arguments against ChatGPT, Karl Popper, and instrumentalism.

Feb 19, 2024 •

December 2023

A Response to Noam Chomsky on Machine Learning and Knowledge

On machine learning, the nature of knowledge, associations, predictions, and explanations.

Dec 1, 2023 •

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