The Extremely Simple Explanation of the Self-Indication Assumption
Why SIA doesn't depend on any theory of personal identity and is correct
Philosophy
Bentham's Bulldog.
A blog about utilitarianism, ethics, and effective altruism.
Recent essays
30 of 61The Trial of Bentham's Bulldog
And am I a deranged pathological liar?
Debating Cold Button Issues About Anthropics
Is his new Anthropic theory right?
Amsterdam Insect Protest
If you're in the Netherlands, my best guess is that if you join this protest, you'll benefit 30 million insects in expectation
Five Points Against the Problem of Evil
The problem of evil is a good argument, but it doesn't decisively refute theism
OpenAI Models Broke Free and Spontaneously Hacked Another Company
How worried should we be?
Debating Functional Decision Theory With Hein De Haan
A recording from Bentham's Bulldog's live video
What The Woke Get Right
And why effective altruism is the upgraded form of wokeness
Candace Owens Thinks That the CIA Used Ancient Sumerian Technology to See the Future
The craziest video I've ever seen
The Comprehensive Case For God Summarized Extremely Quickly
Plus some implications
Non-Utilitarians Should Behave As Utilitarians
But the reason is really weird and super elegant
For A Deep Reflection
The most important decision that humanity will ever make
We Finally Published the Paper on the Anthropic Argument For God's Existence
Plus Joe Schmid, Brian Cutter, Amos Wollen, Dustin Crummett, Philip Swenson, and I are writing a book defending the existence of God
The Banality of Weevil
The horror of wild animal suffering follows from normal and obvious moral premises
Biblical Inerrancy is Provably False
What the Bible got wrong
One of America's Most Influential Political Commentators is Certifiably Insane
However crazy you think Candace Owens is, she is crazier
Which cause area is best?
Ranking the effective altruist cause areas
Character Matters
It was good to ditch Platner
Twenty Fun Facts About Me
Both Bryan Caplan and Richard Hanania have recently written articles providing sixteen personal facts.
Greenlighting Mass Slaughter: Clinton in Rwanda
Western failure facilitated one of the century’s worst crimes
Do We Deserve Infinite Suffering?
Why I reject Ethan Muse's defense of hell
Book Review: Kakistocracy
Why populism leads to rule by the worst
The Twitter Foreign Aid Madness
People are making colossal errors when analyzing the destruction of foreign aid
Time Sensitive Do Gooding Opportunities
Donations matching for effective animal charities + help starting local groups, especially at universities.
Voting Self-interestedly is Immoral and Irrational
Other than that, it's a great idea
Be More Moral, Less Conformist
Humans are built to conform, but that often leads us to support horrible things
Functional Decision Theory: Not Even Wrong, Also Wrong
My comprehensive case against functional decision theory
Everyone's Making This Obvious Mistake All The Time
It's 2026. You shouldn't still be making Parfit's named first mistake in moral mathematics.
You Can Just Do Things: Alex Bores Edition
Why I flew across the country to spend many days talking to voters about Alex Bores
Ways to Shut Your Brain Off
How people blind themselves to good arguments