Versión en Español A beautiful story… In 1916, during the First World War, a military doctor was impressed by the high mortality of infected …
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On theories of sentience: a talk with Magnus Vinding
Spanish version Manu Herrán: Let’s start with the very beginning. I’ll use the word “sentience” for experiences of suffering and enjoyment, and “consciousness” for subjective …
Project evaluation: simulate theories about sentience?
Versión en Español Activity of Effective Altruism Madrid. Tuesday, June 25, 2019 https://www.meetup.com/es-ES/Effective-Altruism-Madrid/events/262477495/ In general, we all have some intuition about the origin of the …
Why I think we should seriously consider the possibility that sentience and motivation play no role in evolution.
A defense of Epiphenomenalism Versión en Español Summary If we assume that sentience (and motivation) plays a role in evolution, we should look for it …
Asymmetries and compensations between pleasure and pain, good and bad
Versión en español Summary of asymmetries between good and bad (relative to sentient beings as we know them) There are more laws that punish than …
Opportunities for an astronomical reduction of suffering
Versión en español This is a list of situations, projects or initiatives in which there could be an “astronomical” (huge) reduction in the amount of …
NU / SFE vs CU debates in EA
Negative Utilitarianism / Suffering Focused Ethics vs Classic utilitarianism (or simply “Utilitarianism”) debates in Effective Altruism I used to consider myself NU, by Kaj Sotala. …
More Posts by Jiwoon Hwang
Posts copied from https://jiwoonhwang.wordpress.com/ My question on Chapter 2 of The Human Predicament (David Benatar, OUP, 2017) David Benatar’s new book The Human Predicament (OUP, 2017, …
Jiwoon Hwang Resources
Jiwoon Hwang (1995-2018) resources: Personal website jiwoonhwang.org A copy of all posts of jiwoonhwang.org (Usually hidden to avoid duplicate content) WordPress.com website A copy of …
Sensations (or Senses), Emotions and Feelings
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