Milena Chen
@milaz.bsky.social
Generally nice person.
PhD philmath.
Queen of the one-liner.
Black & White photographer
Clearing out my desk on https://mlchen.substack.com/
More permanent writings on https://www.amazon.com/stores/M.L.-Chen/author/B0DYJ8TFKV
PhD philmath.
Queen of the one-liner.
Black & White photographer
Clearing out my desk on https://mlchen.substack.com/
More permanent writings on https://www.amazon.com/stores/M.L.-Chen/author/B0DYJ8TFKV
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In the beginning was the Signal, and the Signal was with God, and the Signal was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by it; and without it was not any thing made that was made. In it was life; and the life was the light of men.
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In the beginning was the Signal, and the Signal was with God, and the Signal was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by it; and without it was not any thing made that was made. In it was life; and the life was the light of men.
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The Gospel according to Janis
1: The Genesis in the Haight
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December 30, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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In the beginning was the Signal, and the Signal was with God, and the Signal was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by it; and without it was not any thing made that was made. In it was life; and the life was the light of men.
......
In the beginning was the Signal, and the Signal was with God, and the Signal was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by it; and without it was not any thing made that was made. In it was life; and the life was the light of men.
......
An old theme that returns with the frequency of what it describes, just my 2 p.
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The reasons for the seasons
What holidays reveal about time, culture and the human need for narrative
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December 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
An old theme that returns with the frequency of what it describes, just my 2 p.
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Apparently, I need to explain my position at least once a week 🙄
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Apatheism, intuitionism and the irrelevance of theism
The discourse surrounding belief and the absence of it can, and has been for centuries now, be characterised by a peculiar and persistent binary.
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December 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Apparently, I need to explain my position at least once a week 🙄
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Quicky for the day, an old problem, I don't think there is a new way to explain
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The tyranny of the ‘Or’
In the hushed and hallowed corridors of classical logic, we find a certain furniture of the mind so deeply embedded as to be nearly invisible.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Quicky for the day, an old problem, I don't think there is a new way to explain
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Pushing back a bit on yet another gotcha argument
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The epistemic mirror
Scientism, christianism and the critique of totalizing claims
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December 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Pushing back a bit on yet another gotcha argument
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Asked to explain things in a bar on a Saturday after dark, then get up on a Sunday before dark to scrible for clarity. I apologize if this appears too technical, I will try to come up with something more palatable later.
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Rejecting the square of opposition in intuitionistic logic
A philosophical and logical analysis
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December 14, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Asked to explain things in a bar on a Saturday after dark, then get up on a Sunday before dark to scrible for clarity. I apologize if this appears too technical, I will try to come up with something more palatable later.
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mlchen.substack.com/p/rejecting-...
A ramble before breakfast
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A tiresome gotcha paradox
On the unbearable subjectivity of being objective
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December 7, 2025 at 7:11 AM
A ramble before breakfast
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A bit technical view on a somewhat annoying false conflation in certain debates.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:28 AM
A bit technical view on a somewhat annoying false conflation in certain debates.
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Popped a thingy on Medium for a change, a short chapter from Grounds & Notes 4 on AI and technology in real life, currently in progress
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The awe gap
Artificial Intelligence and the quiet crisis of the digital public sphere
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November 29, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Popped a thingy on Medium for a change, a short chapter from Grounds & Notes 4 on AI and technology in real life, currently in progress
milena-chen.medium.com/the-awe-gap-...
milena-chen.medium.com/the-awe-gap-...
Ready to order this weekend. In this one I will, among other sensitive topics, go over "Creation week" from a more scientific perspective, making certain people angry again. 😉
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Grounds & Notes 3: Thoughts across the fields of reason
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November 29, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Ready to order this weekend. In this one I will, among other sensitive topics, go over "Creation week" from a more scientific perspective, making certain people angry again. 😉
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4DTKBGQ
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4DTKBGQ
Some thoughts on our hasty embracement of the future
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The algorithm of acceptance
On our swift embrace of artificial intelligence
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November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Some thoughts on our hasty embracement of the future
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After 10 days of heavy stuff, it's now time for something lighter for the weekend.
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Of threads and primates
An apolutionary gaze upon the religious apestry
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November 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
After 10 days of heavy stuff, it's now time for something lighter for the weekend.
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Second chapter in my reply to the umpteenth variation of the MOAEOG
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The circle and the void 2
A house divided - The logical schism at the heart of the ontological syllogism
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November 11, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Second chapter in my reply to the umpteenth variation of the MOAEOG
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Saturday note, on being wrong
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The theatre of doubt and the unshakeable stage
A reflection on the presupposition of error
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October 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Saturday note, on being wrong
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Wiping yet another silly argument of the table
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Cave paintings of Christ
On theological overreach
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October 21, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Wiping yet another silly argument of the table
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For the Sunday, cleaned up note, pretty old, still valid as a short introduction to the origins of my apatheistic worldview.
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The abyss and the architect
On the post-theological foundation of society
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October 19, 2025 at 4:50 AM
For the Sunday, cleaned up note, pretty old, still valid as a short introduction to the origins of my apatheistic worldview.
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A rather peculiar connection we see unfolding before our very eyes. mlchen.substack.com/p/the-vulgar...
The vulgar engine
On the VHS-route of Artificial Intelligence and the unmentionable drivers of technological adoption
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October 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
A rather peculiar connection we see unfolding before our very eyes. mlchen.substack.com/p/the-vulgar...
A little thought experiment 😉
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The Unmaker
How a non-creator god would shatter christian theology
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September 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
A little thought experiment 😉
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Out in the open "Smoke without fire"
A reflection on the hidden machinery of conspiracy theories
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A reflection on the hidden machinery of conspiracy theories
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Smoke without fire
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August 16, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Out in the open "Smoke without fire"
A reflection on the hidden machinery of conspiracy theories
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A reflection on the hidden machinery of conspiracy theories
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Note on yet another gotcha fallacy.
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Pascal’s wager
Performance, delusion and the arithmetic of faith
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July 29, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Note on yet another gotcha fallacy.
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Heidegger, Plato and Hilbert walk into a bar and notice a lonely figure at a table in the back, zipping a beer. They wave at him and recognize Brouwer who points at three empty chairs at the table with a fienidsh grin saying "bring it on boys".
Then I wake up, bummer.
Then I wake up, bummer.
July 20, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Heidegger, Plato and Hilbert walk into a bar and notice a lonely figure at a table in the back, zipping a beer. They wave at him and recognize Brouwer who points at three empty chairs at the table with a fienidsh grin saying "bring it on boys".
Then I wake up, bummer.
Then I wake up, bummer.
Answered an old question, I was actually surprised that people are still presenting this as some sort of unanswerable problem 🤔
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Why "Something" prevails over speculative Nothing
Epistemic necessity and the asymmetry of explanation
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July 5, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Answered an old question, I was actually surprised that people are still presenting this as some sort of unanswerable problem 🤔
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Quibble for the day
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The Axiomatic Delusion
How theologians perform intellectual bait-and-switch with the word “presupposition”
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July 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Quibble for the day
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A first response
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The unbearable weight of knowing
Peterson, atheism and the presumption of ignorance
This is a first reaction to a YouTube video where Jordan Peterson tries to uphold his…
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June 18, 2025 at 10:12 AM
A first response
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