And how much better it is to look inside of yourself By MARTIN REZNY The fact that what Conrad Shaw is talking about is a valid concern is what I find very concerning, and I guess it’s time to address it. Defining your personal value or the meaning of your…

Or my best guess, at least, which you’re welcome to question By MARTIN REZNY Yes, you read that right, this is an authoritatively titled esoteric article that invites you to think critically about it. …

The most important lesson of political philosophy By MARTIN REZNY Do you believe that people should be free? Do you want to be free? Do you think that you are? If your answer to any of these questions is yes, then I have to ask you one more — what…

Or Whether a Simulated, or Any, Universe Needs to Include Pain and Terror By MARTIN REZNY Do you also have these times when you’d swear that the universe is talking directly to you? I was literally just watching the penultimate episode of the fifth season of the Lucifer show that…

Responding to more arguments from Sam Harris By MARTIN REZNY There’s a new interview featuring Sam Harris, where he insists that free will is not just an illusion, but an illusion of an illusion! I guess I have a few points of logic in response to that, which I was…

The importance of pondering time and listening for communication skills By MARTIN REZNY As I’m nearing my fourteenth year in competitive debating, now a judge and trainer of speakers, aspiring speakers seem to me to be losing their way, including those who are teaching them…

Can we stop valuing money and work more than people? By MARTIN REZNY Economics in utopian science fiction like Star Trek are indeed worth thinking about, as we seem to already find ourselves at a pretty futuristic crossroads. In a single generation, we may enter a world in which machines…

Otherwise known as the stupidest way to think of intelligence Yes, you have figured me out — I don’t like the whole IQ thing very much. You must be a genius! For this reason, I have never really taken a serious IQ test in my life even though I always…

Or why you shouldn’t look up only to people who look like you By MARTIN REZNY So, I just saw Captain Marvel, and I have to say, it was fine. I liked the cat, I liked the Skrulls, the de-aging technology is making some serious strides, and I didn’t even…

But do it regardless — my comment against a conservative life advice video By MARTIN REZNY First, here’s the video that I simply had to respond to. You should watch it before reading my comment, but if you don’t have all day, it basically says, very fairly and eloquently, that…

Or why reviewing the themes of The Man in the High Castle lies heavy By MARTIN REZNY WARNING: I will get into major SPOILERS of the underlying nature of the world of this show, so you should watch the thing first before you read anything I write about it. Or…

Not your usual kind of problems that UBI can address By MARTIN REZNY Finally, some constructive criticisms of universal basic income from someone who isn’t already determined to hate it. I could try to counter the objections directly, but Simon Sarris is essentially correct — UBI has to be hope-based…

The catch of pragmatic and utilitarian approaches to incentives in education By MARTIN REZNY While I do believe that all pragmatism shouldn’t just be thrown out the window in education, I must say there are some philosophical hurdles to the utilitarian approach as well. …

An exploration of the limits of financial ethics and morality By MARTIN REZNY The question of “good and evil” intentions in regard to the use of money is actually a very rich and deep topic, and I’d like to use this response to explore further the real basis for my…

Plus an overview of the reasonable alternatives that it does have By MARTIN REZNY I have recently encountered a decent article about the downsides of meritocracy and a discussion of it by a group of highly skilled people who work in a company that holds this value in a very…

How to deal with the fallacy of false dichotomy and other manipulative framing By MARTIN REZNY Let’s start with a brain teaser. Which is true? Saying that teaching history through the lenses of theories like Marxism, feminism, or postcolonialism is fully responsible for today’s divisive public discourse, or saying that…

How your politics has already been figured out for millennia By MARTIN REZNY Given that the leading country of the world seems to be about to flush itself down the toilet of history, I think it’s about time for me to flex my political science…

A critical, but hopefully not toxic, response to common (non)sense By MARTIN REZNY I know I probably shouldn’t get involved in a topic like this, I really probably shouldn’t, but I guess I will attract internet trolls to my writing eventually no matter what, so I might as well start…

And my absolute lack of respect for those with no respect for the truth By MARTIN REZNY Full disclosure - if this sounds personal, it’s because for me this is one of the few instances when I categorically disagree with something on all levels, from the rational all the way…