14 ideas
23683 | Moral norms are objective, connected to facts about human goods [Foot, by Hacker-Wright] |
23684 | Morality gives everyone reasons to act, irrespective of their desires [Foot, by Hacker-Wright] |
23690 | We all have reason to cultivate the virtues, even when we lack the desire [Foot, by Hacker-Wright] |
22379 | The meaning of 'good' and other evaluations must include the object to which they attach [Foot] |
22717 | Self-interest can fairly divide a cake; first person cuts, second person chooses [Poundstone] |
22718 | Formal game theory is about maximising or minimising numbers in tables [Poundstone] |
22719 | The minimax theorem says a perfect game of opposed people always has a rational solution [Poundstone] |
22721 | The tragedy in prisoner's dilemma is when two 'nice' players misread each other [Poundstone] |
22720 | Two prisoners get the best result by being loyal, not by selfish betrayal [Poundstone] |
22723 | Do unto others as you would have them do unto you - or else! [Poundstone] |
22722 | TIT FOR TAT says cooperate at first, then do what the other player does [Poundstone] |
21236 | Instead of gravitational force, we now have a pervasive gravitational field [Farmelo] |
21235 | The Schrödinger waves are just the maths of transforming energy values to positions [Farmelo] |
21234 | Experiments show that fundamental particles of one type are identical [Farmelo] |