Ola Nilsson

The feeling when you finish your degree in philosophy and understand it will stop here. #philosophy

The end of my trilogy. #philsky www.essentiafoundation.org/pinning-down...

The day AGI explains to us how and why we are already simulated entities, will we believe its claim? #philsky

I cant really see any difference between Kolak’s open individualism and Zuboff’s universalism (I have spent much time with both) so why not conjoin them under the label open universalism? 👍 #philsky

If one realizes what it means that money can make an individual rich while making a society poor...

I don't like this thought, but what if God finds our song beautiful the same way we find birdsong? #philsky

An important skill for a philosopher is being able to describe simple things in a much more complicated way. #Philsky

Say you're a person who chooses not to pull the lever in the trolley problem. More people are now run over than if you had actively pulled the lever. There are several ways to justify why one might believe it's not right to pull the lever. But imagine a scenario where a tanker truck ⮕ #philsky

I found a 2001 style monolith today... #scifi

When it comes to the trolley problem, I think I'm not someone who pulls the lever. But imagine I'm clumsy and accidentally nudge it — wouldn't it be a bit strange to then deliberately move it back to its original position? #philsky #trolley

Open individualism, direct from its source! #philsky

"It is not an internal contradiction in Newton's theory to assert that no specific point in space is privileged and that space is absolute in the sense that it matters metaphysically where objects are located." How can this not be a contradiction?! 🤔 #philsky

Why is analytic philosophy so "boring" compared to continental philosophy? You know what I mean. Are there any controversial analytical philosphers out there with some kind of really provoactive"vibe"? You know what I mean. #philsky

Who were more badass, the Vikings or the Spartans?

Is it an accurate observation that an overwhelming majority of active philosophers lean heavily to the left compared to the general population? Don't get me wrong; this isn't a criticism, just an observation. #philsky

If you were dreaming and in your dream told that you wouldn't ever wake up, but stay in this state to your end, Which actions and choices would be rational to make under these circumstances? #philsky

It is said that the philosopher Edmund Gettier was asked to publish something since he had not published much recently. In 1963, he then wrote 'Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?', a two-page article that changed the course of epistemology. Less is more—something to keep in mind. #philhist #philsky

Is it controversial to claim that philosophy does not make any real progress and that it is not its role to do so? #philsky

"A Demonstration of the Causal Power of Absences" is a paper without text. Of course, the 'absence' is the spin here, but I'm more concerned about how you manage to not plagiarize it. #philmind #philsky

It's quite easy to be a supporter of the identity of indiscernibles if one is a monist 😇 #philosophy #philsky

The fact that an entity or process is inescapable does not make it fundamental? #philosophy #philsky #philsci

My latest written essay was published yesterday! #philosophy #philmind #philsky #philcognition www.essentiafoundation.org/the-circle-d...

Philosopher Ola Nilsson is back with another one of his mind-boggling, and yet irresistibly compelling, thought experiments. This time he shows, with surprisingly few words, how one universal mind can appear to be many simply because of time and will. www.essentiafoundation.org/the-circle-d...

The essence of infinite regress: You like my post, and I like your like. You like my like on your like, and I like that like, and so on." #philosophy #philsky

Mark my words, phlogiston will be trendy again. #philosophy #philsky #philsci