# motivated (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover motivated. Page: Feed: --- ## [Can AI make scientific discoveries on its own?](https://t1no.substack.com/p/can-ai-make-scientific-discoveries) _2026-05-25 · Tino · Sensible Philosophy_ AI is not embodied, does that mean it can't make breakthroughs in science? Let's turn to some old friends for help. ## [The Limits of Self-Knowledge](https://t1no.substack.com/p/the-limits-of-self-knowledge) _2026-05-05 · Tino · Sensible Philosophy_ What can a sensible treatment of Gödel can teach us about self-knowledge? ## [Why Smart People Make Weak Arguments About AI](https://t1no.substack.com/p/why-smart-people-make-weak-arguments) _2026-04-02 · Tino · Sensible Philosophy_ Tech CEOs aren’t the only ones captive to motivated reasoning ## [Rationalizations and First-Order Disagreement](https://t1no.substack.com/p/rationalizations-and-first-order) _2026-03-06 · Tino · Sensible Philosophy_ Rationalizations exist within a socially-constructed marketplace. How do they explain first order disagreement? ## [A Guide to Cognitive Enhancement vs. Cognitive Erosion in AI Use](https://t1no.substack.com/p/a-guide-to-cognitive-enhancement) _2026-02-17 · Tino · Sensible Philosophy_ From Homer's Bards to ChatGPT, here is humanity's next technology-driven cognitive bargain. ## [Your Life is Mostly Admin](https://t1no.substack.com/p/your-life-is-mostly-admin) _2026-01-25 · Tino · Sensible Philosophy_ Why most of our time goes to things we don't care about, and how we can stop that trend in our lives. ## [Stop Calling it the "Male Loneliness Epidemic"](https://t1no.substack.com/p/stop-calling-it-the-male-loneliness) _2026-01-15 · Tino · Sensible Philosophy_ It's about time we stop gendering the loneliness problem, and start worrying about what matters. ## [AI and the Humanities' Motivated Reasoning Problem](https://t1no.substack.com/p/ai-and-the-humanities-motivated-reasoning) _2026-01-07 · Tino · Sensible Philosophy_ AI policy debates have shown that left wing humanities scholars and their pupils are captured by elitist aesthetic preference and motivated reasoning. ## [Why AI can't make us morally better](https://t1no.substack.com/p/ai-cant-make-us-better-people) _2025-10-27 · Tino · Sensible Philosophy_ No matter how good AI reasoning becomes, it can't make us less morally cooked. ## [Follow Releases, Get Reminders (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Q4r6PX7a0bJ8) _2025-10-27 · **Sponsored**_ Follow a genre or a name and receive reminders on release day — free. ## [There Is No 'Self'](https://t1no.substack.com/p/there-is-no-self) _2025-05-01 · Tino · Sensible Philosophy_ Some spend their entire lives trying to find their 'self', but this is an impossible task. There is no 'self' that passes logical and epistemological rigor.