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Rex Kerr

Unpacking the Man Box

In this article, I explore the “Man Box”: a little history, recent work on experimental validation of the ideas, and some thoughts about…

16 min readOct 7, 2023

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Science is Tricky for Philosophers

Philosophers seem unreasonably bad at science. This article supports, to an extent, the claim that they are in fact frequently bad at…

22 min readSep 12, 2023

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Everything should be made simple as possible, but not simpler.

A brief note on the deceptive complexity of human societies and the consequences for productive dialog.

4 min readApr 27, 2023

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Everything should be made simple as possible, but not simpler.

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Beyond Critical Race Theory

In 1937, the German philosopher Max Horkheimer, recently relocated from Germany to the United States, published an essay titled…

28 min readSep 27, 2022

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Solved: the meaning of life and the is-ought problem

One of the most vexing problems of armchair philosophy — the kind you and I might do while putting off doing the dishes (assuming you and…

9 min readAug 31, 2022

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Do you have a citation for that?

And how do you know if you take this approach whether you're not instead contributing to a post-truth culture? It's exceedingly difficult…

1 min readMay 31, 2022

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All a-twitter about Twitter: a freely spoken 44-tweet essay

Twitter has a free speech problem.

9 min readMay 2, 2022

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The existence of trolls does not prove that there are not also genuine concerns that deserve a…

1 min readApr 12, 2022

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There is no paradox of hatred.

And there’s not much of a paradox of tolerance, either.

6 min readFeb 18, 2022

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Responsibilities are more fundamental than Rights

Rights are funny things. I supposedly have a right to life, yet I am certain to die….

4 min readAug 27, 2021

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Rex Kerr

Rex Kerr

One who rejoices when everything is made as simple as possible, but no simpler. Sayer of things that may be wrong, but not so bad that they're not even wrong.

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