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Essays by Michael Alan Prestwood.
Confidence in ideas increases with alignment with reality — aligning with Popper, probability thinking, and intellectual humility.
Wed 8 Apr 2026
P. 4 days ago
U. 4 days ago
Beliefs deserve confidence only when they are justified. Truth helps determine degree of confidence in public belief.
Wed 1 Apr 2026
P. 2 weeks ago
U. 1 week ago
Truth requires alignment with reality.
Wed 25 Mar 2026
P. 3 weeks ago
U. 4 days ago
People do not hold political views equally. Some beliefs sit at the outer rim and can bend when events change. Others sit at the core of identity.
Wed 18 Mar 2026
P. 4 weeks ago
U. 2 weeks ago
Clear thinking begins by distinguishing the material world from our ideas about it.
Wed 11 Mar 2026
P. 1 month ago
U. 5 days ago
TST Philosophy has two doors. Start with one goal of flourishing and explore the two layers of reality using 3 hammers, 4 traps, and 5 tools. Or, dive into criticle thinking by starting with the Five Thought Tools.
Wed 4 Mar 2026
P. 1 month ago
U. 1 week ago
Understanding MAGA is less about a political tribe: it’s more about how identity fuses with worldview, why healthy systems require boundaries, and how communication collapses when judgment is outsourced.
Wed 25 Feb 2026
P. 2 months ago
U. 21 hours ago
Worldviews are models of reality, not reality itself. When they are treated as concrete truth, communication collapses because people stop comparing interpretations and start defending identity.
Wed 18 Feb 2026
P. 2 months ago
U. 2 weeks ago
Authority works by design. Human morality fails when obedience replaces accountability.
Wed 11 Feb 2026
P. 2 months ago
U. 2 weeks ago
When explanatory models become identities, communication breaks down.
Wed 4 Feb 2026
P. 2 months ago
U. 2 weeks ago