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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

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OH MY GOSH DARN IT TO HECK, OF COURSE
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Just scribbled about the hypocritical fear of profanities in American media, check my Substack ๐Ÿ˜‰

16.02.2026 01:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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On the aesthetics of evasion or โ€wh*t the f**k! In consideration of the bleep, the minced oath and the typographical dash in American public discourse

Thoughts at lunch after an evening of American TV.
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15.02.2026 10:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bijna perfecte muziek, groep met een rotte plek.๐Ÿ˜‰

14.02.2026 10:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The slow unspooling On mathematics, meaning and the machine in the ivory corridor

Sometimes, I must respond where I really shouldn't so here is a short response to a silly remark from the circus of ignorance: "But we know the ivory tower hates the large language models". ๐Ÿ™„
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14.02.2026 10:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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On partial eternity Finitude, infinity and the direction of time

Some thoughts on one-way etenity
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04.02.2026 13:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Large Language Oracle Intuitionism, algorithmic authority and the reconstruction of reason in a digital Dao

Another thought on AI in the real world
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29.01.2026 13:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The serious cost of trivial pursuits On the superficial engagement with artificial intelligence and the misdirection of the debate

Finishing a publication on the subject, here's a left-over thought for the weekend.
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24.01.2026 09:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sometimes, uneducated religious clowns with less followers that Mr. J himself are more fun to write about than serious academia ๐Ÿ˜
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17.01.2026 09:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The unbearable lightness of prevarication A treatise on the impossibility of the consistent liar

For the weekend, inspired by the famous House quote "Everybody lies"
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16.01.2026 14:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The sufficiency of nature as an ontological foundation A defence against theistic alternatives*

The noise in my head before I wake up.......
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13.01.2026 14:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How I learned to stop worryingโ€ฆ ...about Plato and love the mind: a quiet rebellion in mathematics

More or less on request, a quick and dirty note on the foundational concepts of intuitionism. A longer version will appear in print later this year.
mlchen.substack.com/p/how-i-lear...

12.01.2026 08:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Gospel according to Janis 1: The Genesis in the Haight

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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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29.12.2025 17:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The first step in leaving a religion requires the strength to admit that you were on the wrong path.

28.12.2025 11:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The reasons for the seasons What holidays reveal about time, culture and the human need for narrative

An old theme that returns with the frequency of what it describes, just my 2 p.
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28.12.2025 11:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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.

Apparently, I need to explain my position at least once a week ๐Ÿ™„
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25.12.2025 07:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The tyranny of the โ€˜Orโ€™ 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.

Quicky for the day, an old problem, I don't think there is a new way to explain
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23.12.2025 14:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The epistemic mirror Scientism, christianism and the critique of totalizing claims

Pushing back a bit on yet another gotcha argument
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15.12.2025 16:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rejecting the square of opposition in intuitionistic logic A philosophical and logical analysis

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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14.12.2025 06:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A tiresome gotcha paradox On the unbearable subjectivity of being objective

A ramble before breakfast
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07.12.2025 07:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A bit technical view on a somewhat annoying false conflation in certain debates.
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04.12.2025 06:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The awe gap Artificial Intelligence and the quiet crisis of the digital public sphere

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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29.11.2025 01:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Grounds & Notes 3: Thoughts across the fields of reason Grounds & Notes 3: Thoughts across the fields of reason [Chen, M.L.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Grounds & Notes 3: Thoughts across the fields of reason

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. ๐Ÿ˜‰
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4DTKBGQ

29.11.2025 00:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The algorithm of acceptance On our swift embrace of artificial intelligence

Some thoughts on our hasty embracement of the future
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25.11.2025 15:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He probably thinks he will.

20.11.2025 16:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

and at this point I am wondering what will wash away the resulting imagery
๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿคข๐Ÿคฎ

19.11.2025 07:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Of threads and primates An apolutionary gaze upon the religious apestry

After 10 days of heavy stuff, it's now time for something lighter for the weekend.
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14.11.2025 16:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The circle and the void 2 A house divided - The logical schism at the heart of the ontological syllogism

Second chapter in my reply to the umpteenth variation of the MOAEOG
mlchen.substack.com/p/the-circle...

11.11.2025 06:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The theatre of doubt and the unshakeable stage A reflection on the presupposition of error

Saturday note, on being wrong
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25.10.2025 08:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cave paintings of Christ On theological overreach

Wiping yet another silly argument of the table
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21.10.2025 07:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The abyss and the architect On the post-theological foundation of society

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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19.10.2025 04:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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