cafebedouin@gmail.com ABSTRACT Philosophical paradoxes have traditionally been treated as revelations of deep fractures in our conceptual schemes—mysteries that expose fundamental contradictions in notions of identity, truth, and rationality. This paper proposes a radical reframing: most paradoxes are not metaphysical anomalies but engineering failures—specifically, unmarked state mutations, indexical underspecification, or axiomatic inconsistencies in reasoning systems. I … Continue reading Debugging Philosophy: A Trifurcation Framework for Paradox Classification
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The AI Paradox: Why the People Who Need Challenge Least Are the Only Ones Seeking It
There's a fundamental mismatch between what AI can do and what most people want it to do. Most users treat AI as a confidence machine. They want answers delivered with certainty, tasks completed without friction, and validation that their existing thinking is sound. They optimize for feeling productive—for the satisfying sense that work is getting … Continue reading The AI Paradox: Why the People Who Need Challenge Least Are the Only Ones Seeking It
Simpson’s Paradox
"Simpson's paradox (or Simpson's reversal, Yule–Simpson effect, amalgamation paradox, or reversal paradox), is a phenomenon in probability and statistics, in which a trend appears in several different groups of data but disappears or reverses when these groups are combined. —s.v. Simpson's Paradox, Wikipedia. An example using arithmetic from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: 1/5 < … Continue reading Simpson’s Paradox
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