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People’s explicit, avowed beliefs often differ from the implicit beliefs revealed in their unreflective choices.Their words
'Superbeliefs', I call them. These may differ from the implicit ('basic') beliefs revealed in my unreflective or forced choices. Most people's do, I suspect.
Keith Frankish
British philosopher of mind; honorary reader at the University of Sheffield and visiting research fellow with The Open University; best known for illusionism, the view that phenomenal consciousness is an introspective illusion.
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People’s explicit, avowed beliefs often differ from the implicit beliefs revealed in their unreflective choices.
'Superbeliefs', I call them. These may differ from the implicit ('basic') beliefs revealed in my unreflective or forced choices. Most people's do, I suspect.
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Major economic change requires mobilizing the working class, who have little stake in the current system.
To create major economic change, you need to mobilize the working class--the people with so little investment in the current system that they are willing to burn it down.
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Major economic change requires mobilizing the working class, who have little stake in the current system.Their words
To create major economic change, you need to mobilize the working class--the people with so little investment in the current system that they are willing to burn it down.
25 April
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Machines that write well seem to devalue the craft of writing, even as the technology is fascinating.Their words
Their existence seems to devalue something I care for deeply. Yet I'm also fascinated by this magical technology.
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An underdiscussed aspect of AI is its power to assist and empower. Over the years I've seen many papers by non-native English speakers that contained excellent ideas but were let down (and sometimes mocked) for their poor English.
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I am fascinated by AI, and I think it's both a tactical and a social error to abstain from all engagement with it.
4 April
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I understand and share the anger, but aren't we the good guys, who reject retributive punishment and don't believe in the death penalty?
8 January
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A society’s immunity to fascism wears off with time, and education about past fascism is the vaccine.Their words
Societies that survive severe infections acquire a temporary immunity to it, but this wears off with time. Vaccination can be achieved through education about past infections, and it is strongly advised.
5 January
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it's near vacuous to explain the situation in terms of individual moral failings. The problem is much deeper and much harder to fix.
3 September 2025
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I fear we're not going to be able to return to a liberal consensus-based democracy without a very serious social and political breakdown.
1 April 2018
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People’s explicit, avowed beliefs often differ from the implicit beliefs revealed in their unreflective choices.
'Superbeliefs', I call them. These may differ from the implicit ('basic') beliefs revealed in my unreflective or forced choices. Most people's do, I suspect.
@keithfrankish.com on Bluesky Said 17 May 2026
Major economic change requires mobilizing the working class, who have little stake in the current system.
To create major economic change, you need to mobilize the working class--the people with so little investment in the current system that they are willing to burn it down.
@keithfrankish.com on Bluesky Said 26 Apr 2026
Abstaining from all engagement with AI is both a tactical and a social error.
I am fascinated by AI, and I think it's both a tactical and a social error to abstain from all engagement with it.
@keithfrankish.com on Bluesky Said 25 Apr 2026
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An underdiscussed upside of AI is that it can help non-native English speakers whose good ideas are let down by their English.
An underdiscussed aspect of AI is its power to assist and empower. Over the years I've seen many papers by non-native English speakers that contained excellent ideas but were let down (and sometimes mocked) for their poor English.
@keithfrankish.com on Bluesky Said 25 Apr 2026
Machines that write well seem to devalue the craft of writing, even as the technology is fascinating.
Their existence seems to devalue something I care for deeply. Yet I'm also fascinated by this magical technology.
@keithfrankish.com on Bluesky Said 25 Apr 2026
Those who reject retributive punishment and the death penalty should not relish images of Trump and his allies being executed.
I understand and share the anger, but aren't we the good guys, who reject retributive punishment and don't believe in the death penalty?
@keithfrankish.com on Bluesky Said 4 Apr 2026
A society’s immunity to fascism wears off with time, and education about past fascism is the vaccine.
Societies that survive severe infections acquire a temporary immunity to it, but this wears off with time. Vaccination can be achieved through education about past infections, and it is strongly advised.
@keithfrankish.com on Bluesky Said 8 Jan 2026
Explaining support for Trump by the moral failings of ordinary supporters is near vacuous; the problem is much deeper.
it's near vacuous to explain the situation in terms of individual moral failings. The problem is much deeper and much harder to fix.
@keithfrankish.com on Bluesky Said 5 Jan 2026
A return to liberal consensus-based democracy may not be possible without a very serious social and political breakdown.
I fear we're not going to be able to return to a liberal consensus-based democracy without a very serious social and political breakdown.
@keithfrankish.com on Bluesky Said 3 Sept 2025
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Andy Clark’s, Supersizing the Mind.
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