[FRIAM] the modeling relation

glen gepropella at gmail.com
Thu Jan 15 13:57:14 EST 2026


A couple of interesting posts to the Brains Blog today:

Mazviita Chirimuuta: A “Left Sellarsian” Response to a “Right Sellarsian” Proposal
https://philosophyofbrains.com/2026/01/15/mazviita-chirimuuta-a-left-sellarsian-response-to-a-right-sellarsian-proposal.aspx

Author’s Reply to Mazviita Chirimuuta
https://philosophyofbrains.com/2026/01/15/authors-reply-to-mazviita-chirimuuta.aspx

The relationship between inferential and causal entailment still baffles me. E.g.

Don't Talk about Politics
https://bookshop.org/p/books/don-t-talk-about-politics-how-to-change-21st-century-minds-sarah-stein-lubrano/e74488cba3ff517f?ean=9781399413923&next=t

And Sam Altman's "trust me, bro" rhetoric:
https://youtu.be/l0K4XPu3Qhg?si=7ZW2-UEXc9lignm4

Ignore what they say. Pay attention to what they do.

-- 
glen



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