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  • Elliot Temple

Elliot Temple

May 23, 2021

My Fallible Ideas essays explain philosophy ideas. Themes include reason, knowledge creation, parenting, relationships and tradition.

My Fallible Ideas for Life collection focuses more on using my philosophy to offer practical advice for living your life.

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Terminology Clarification Regarding the “Subconscious”

I’m enjoying reading Why I Left Orthodox Medicine: Healing for the 21st Century by Derrick Lonsdale. I noticed that he uses the word “subconscious” differently than I do. I wanted to clarify my terminology in case anyone is confused. In Critical Fallibilism (CF) essays, “subconscious” refers to the part
May 26, 2023 3 min read

Peer Review Is Worse than the Internet

The internet can be really smart and effective sometimes. We’ve seen examples where impressive things have been figured out by people on internet platforms like Reddit, Facebook, TikTok or 4chan. In the Netflix documentary Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer, a Facebook group helps catch a
May 11, 2023 3 min read

Peer Review and Appeals to Authority

Suppose you write a blog post arguing a point. Some readers will reply (or, worse, think it without saying it): “If that was true, you would get it published in a peer reviewed journal. If you don’t do that, it’s because you’re wrong.” The assumption here is
May 10, 2023 2 min read
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