Dualism — Entidade

dothemath.ucsd.edu·há 3 meses

08 | May | 2026 | Do the Math

Resilience.org is running a series of posts capturing a conversation between myself and energy transition advocate Dave Murphy—moderated by Ben McCall. The entire conversation (from back in 2023–2024)

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Perspectives | Do the Math

Scanning the comments on the YouTube posting of my conversation with Nate Hagens and DJ White on the subject of space fantasies, one finds some familiar reactions. For the most part, comments expresse

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Space | Do the Math

Scanning the comments on the YouTube posting of my conversation with Nate Hagens and DJ White on the subject of space fantasies, one finds some familiar reactions. For the most part, comments expresse

dothemath.ucsd.edu·há 5 meses

Biodiversity | Do the Math

Try guessing the common glue that connects the following topics often covered on this blog in recent years: A clue to the glue is that one word will do. And it’s not in the title, exactly. Have I spo

dothemath.ucsd.edu·há 6 meses

Do the Math | Using physics and estimation to assess energy, growth, options—by Tom Murphy

In November I gave a seminar talk for the Planetary Limits Academic Network about why I believe modernity to be a dead-end, while also touching on underlying attitudes that drive us in this destructiv

dothemath.ucsd.edu·há 7 meses

January | 2026 | Do the Math

A while back I compared enthusiasts for space colonization with Flat Earth believers, in that they both believe strongly in something that isn’t real, and in the fullness of time may look rather emba

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Philosophy (ugh!) | Do the Math

One major hangup in subscribing to a physics-based universe of material monism is that it appears to remove human agency as typically conceived in our culture. If atoms and their interactions are maki

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Ditching Dualism #9: Reductionism | Do the Math

Two posts back, we discussed common objections to the materialist (monist) perspective, before visiting the idea of material sentience. Another form of objection is to label such views as “reductionis