Philosophy

I dreamt, therefore I slept

My version of the famous René Descartes quote

We’re not living in a simulation

Not only are simulated entities completely controlled by someone, they only exist in that someone’s world and cannot be conscious.

Don’t be ascetic

Being ascetic leads to a boring life and loss of attention to surroundings

Veganism

There is no moral duty to be vegan

Genuine beliefs define reality

If North Koreans genuinely believe that their life is okay, their life is okay. If Saudi women genuinely believe that they have enough rights, they have enough rights

Conscious life choices

Life has no reason to make the best choices for you, so make your own

An excerpt from Thomas Paine’s “Common sense”

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom