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R. Scott Bakker
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R. Scott Bakker writes Three Pound Brain, a personal blog at rsbakker.wordpress.com about philosophy, ai and writing. Since 2012, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times, most often “What is the Semantic Apocalypse? (2011)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-24, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link R. Scott Bakker's blog for his take on the semantic apocalypse and the lack of progress in philosophy, and for his thoughts on Harari's views of narrative and cognition.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
No bells, just whistling in the dark...
Most-linked posts?
- What is the Semantic Apocalypse? (2011)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-05-25
What Hacker News says?
Philosophy is sophistry. I like R. Scott Bakker's take on the semantic apocalypse, and the lack of progress in philosophy. https://rsbakker.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/what-is-the-semant...
Comment linking /2011/06/21/what-is-the-semantic-apocalypse/
on “Has there been progress in philosophy?”Submitted AI and the Coming Cognitive Ecological Collapse (2016) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionbakker has some thoughts of his own on harari: https://rsbakker.wordpress.com/2016/10/20/visions-of-the-sem... https://rsbakker.wordpress.com/2018/08/11/were-fucked-so-now... > The biological origins of narrative lie in shallow information cognitive ecologies, circumstances characterized by profound ignorance. What we cannot grasp we poke with sticks. Hitherto we’ve been able to exapt these capacities to great effec…
Comment linking /2018/08/11/were-fucked-so-now-what/
on “Why We Dominate the Earth”Submitted What is the Semantic Apocalypse? (2011) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionYou should check out RS Bakker or Peter Watts. https://rsbakker.wordpress.com/ https://www.rifters.com/
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on “Why We Dominate the Earth”Submitted Optimally Engaged Experience as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Flashlight Philosophy as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Where Have All The Bootstraps Gone? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Alas, Poor Wallace: A Review of Infinite Jest (2011) as a story · 1 points
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