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Michael Huemer
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Michael Huemer writes Fake Noûs, a personal blog at fakenous.substack.com about philosophy and politics. Since 2022, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 27 times, most often “Revisionary Intuitionism”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-31, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link Michael Huemer's Substack for philosophy and economics-minded essays, such as its take on deepfakes. One commenter points to his essay "In Praise of Passivity" as further reading.
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Reasonable thoughts about philosophy, politics, and other interesting stuff.
Most-linked posts?
- Revisionary Intuitionism2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-01-15
What Hacker News says?
The true reason to not worry about deepfakes is that both sides of any conflict will learn to use them equally viciously. Like always, the only way out is to take a step back, study things objectively through the lens of economics, and figure out the tradeoffs inherent to the choice. See also: Michael Huemer's "In Praise of Passivity", https://fakenous.substack.com/p/in-praise-of-passivity .
Comment linking /p/in-praise-of-passivity
on “Stop Worrying About Deepfakes”Submitted Who cares about diversity? as a story · 351 points
HN discussionI don't think it's possible to have it both ways. A commitment to free speech means you get more garbage and conspiracy theories, but in exchange you get more intellectual conversations for adults, something you increasingly can't find on Reddit due to its overbearing moderation. Reddit itself has a good track record of banning subs, with only a few exceptions, but it's mostly the moderators and Reddit-enforced mod…
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on “Ask HN: Which substacks do you read as soon as it hits your inbox?”Submitted What’s a Fair Price? Or: You’re Not Underpaid as a story · 19 points
HN discussionSubmitted First World Problems: Dating as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Elon Musk Is Better Than You – By Michael Huemer as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Political Activism: What's the Point? as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Roots of Evil as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Are We on the Verge of True AI? – By Michael Huemer as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Self-Sabotage as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Don't Be a Sucker as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Is There a Right to Own a Gun? – By Michael Huemer as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Time Travel Is Ridiculously Impossible as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Cambridge University's Disgrace as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted (1) Confessions of a Utopophobe – By Michael Huemer as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Supreme Court on Affirmative Action: Reactions as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Tucker Carlson: The Hilarious Demagogue – Fake Noûs as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Happiness and the Meaning of Life as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Thought Crime – By Michael Huemer – Fake Noûs as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Theory of the Four Elements Finally Refuted as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Privatize Law and Order – By Michael Huemer – Fake Noûs as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Jordan Peterson: The Helpful Rambler – By Michael Huemer as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Not Shibboleths – By Michael Huemer – Fake Noûs as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Doomsday Cults – By Michael Huemer – Fake Noûs as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Are We on the Verge of True AI? – By Michael Huemer as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Revisionary Intuitionism – By Michael Huemer – Fake Noûs as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Revisionary Intuitionism as a story · 1 points
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