Now suppose God chloroforms you and you awaken to find yourself in one of these possible universes.

The term “thingyness” does not convey anything of use to me.

The word dissipative is suggested by the following metaphor: think of truth as some kind of ”heat”, flowing through the derivation, from the leaves (i.e. the premises). Depending on the medium through which heat flows, there can be some loss due to dissipation.

Zwitterions are sometimes also called inner salts.

“Yudkowsky University has a world champion cybersecurity team,” Alan blurted breathlessly from the Pinto’s passenger seat, bobbing his head back and forth between his father and the university enrollment pamphlet laying in his lap.

The nerds, who had changed into black suits accented with ties and fedoras, strode confidently into the hideout.

Apparently, there are levels of consciousness and we’re at, like, level 2 or something.

Also, Failures of Infinity confirmed to have skeletons.

He is then met by two radiant, loving seagulls who explain to him that he has learned much, and that they are there now to teach him more.

The story focuses on a writer struggling to write “The Great Ferret Novel”….in the meantime, he makes his living writing other “lesser” works.