Philosopher says Fable 5.1 found Arrhenius's favored population ethics impossibility theorem is false
willmacaskill · x · 2026-09-03
Philosopher Will MacAskill reports that Fable 5.1 found that Arrhenius's sixth and favored population ethics impossibility theorem is actually false as stated (though fixable). He argues there is huge overhang at the very least from improving formal methods in philosophy, which are often used and often useful.
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