Cecil (CJ) JohninNew IntellectualUnconditional Love: Is There Any Such Thing?2 min read·Oct 1, 2023--1--1
Cecil (CJ) JohnConversations with ChatGPT: On Moral Hazard.Cecil (CJ) John: What does the term moral hazard mean?·3 min read·Mar 15, 2023----
Cecil (CJ) JohnWhy Emotions Do Not And Cannot MotivateCecil (CJ) John: Morality is a function of conscious rational intentionality, and not the feelings and emotions arising out of arational…·4 min read·Mar 4, 2023----
Cecil (CJ) JohnWhen Women Boast About Being High MaintenanceSome of the most amusing women I’ve encountered, are those that claim to be high maintenance. When a woman claims to be high maintenance…·2 min read·Mar 1, 2023--4--4
Cecil (CJ) JohnConversations with ChatGPT: Exploring the Interactions between Psilocybin and Prescription…When working with ChatGPT, it is important to understand that the quality of the output is only as good as the quality of the input (for…·19 min read·Feb 12, 2023--2--2
Cecil (CJ) JohnDesigner Labels — Oppression by Consent in the 21st CenturyWhen I moved to Miami 6 years ago, I was deeply materialistic. I’m not ashamed of this, though I do have my regrets. I shudder when I…·4 min read·Jul 29, 2021--2--2
Cecil (CJ) JohnOur Perception of Reality is a Hallucination, and the Brain Manages this through PredictionYour brain must explain sensory input from the world and within your body to make them meaningful, and its primary tool for doing so is…·10 min read·Jul 24, 2021--5--5
Cecil (CJ) JohnDid Consciousness Arise out of a Process of Insentient Reinforcement Learning?In 2020 David Silver and his colleagues from the UK-based artificial intelligence lab DeepMind submitted a paper titled “Reward is not…·5 min read·Jul 11, 2021--3--3
Cecil (CJ) JohnDopamine, the Thermometer and Thermostat of ValueA 2017 article in Scientific American Mind by Maia Szalavitz proposes that associating pleasure with the neurotransmitter dopamine, which…·7 min read·Jul 8, 2021--1--1