BIOGRAPHY
Ville V. Kokko is a postgraduate student in philosophy and aspiring writer of both nonfiction and fiction living in Turku, Finland. His interests include practically everything, especially theoretical subjects. In addition to working on a doctoral dissertation in philosophy, he has minored in English, general linguistics, comparative religion, and psychology, and he has independently studied a number of other topics such as evolutionary biology and complexity theory. One of his particular interests is in the scientific method, critical thinking, and the psychology and justification of beliefs. He would also like to write fiction, and has made it as far as having two published short stories.
LATEST OPINIONS
So Is Islamophobia a Weasel Word?
December 02, 2021
The Fear of Stupid Superintelligent AI
October 30, 2021
Is this how Othering (innocently) starts?
May 21, 2021
Orwell and the Virus
April 07, 2020
The Star Wars Movie They Should Have Made
May 25, 2019
The Difference Between Being Good and Feeling Good
May 11, 2019
Memes Ganging Up on Us
May 05, 2019
Selfish Memes
April 28, 2019
Objectivity as a Moral Duty
April 13, 2019
Looking at the Race or the Face
April 07, 2019
Slocums
March 31, 2019
The Agnostic Fallacy
March 21, 2019
What Causes Terrorism?
March 17, 2019
Then Why Is It Called Feminism?
March 10, 2019
The Emotional Teaspoon Syndrome
March 03, 2019
The Difficulty of Taking Animals Seriously
February 24, 2019
Concept Inflation Vs. Constructive Analogy
February 15, 2019
A Radical Animal Rights Proposal
February 10, 2019
All Sitting in a Big Room
February 03, 2019
Smart Systems: A Growing Nuisance
January 26, 2019
A Real-Life Utilitarian Hypothetical
January 16, 2019
The Dependency Principle and You
January 14, 2019
The Mystery of Evil
January 05, 2019
Top 8 Ideas I Did not Write about in 2018
December 30, 2018
The Mystery of Santa Claus
December 23, 2018
A Feast of Curiosity and Imagination?
December 16, 2018
Frozen Toes, or, Why You Cannot Trust an Obvious Story
December 09, 2018
The Beauty of Explained Miracles
December 02, 2018
Could We Have Myths That Are True?
November 25, 2018
The Contradictory Role of Belief
November 18, 2018
How an Election Would Work in Finland
November 09, 2018
A Call for Action - Nyt On Pakko
October 22, 2018
The Modern Dilemma
October 19, 2018
Is a Group Really Your Identity?
October 11, 2018
What Everyone Gets Wrong about Listening
October 08, 2018
If It Is Important, It Is not Pedantry
September 30, 2018
A New Rule for Posting Claims on Social Media
September 16, 2018
Why Science is an Answer to Skepticism
September 11, 2018
Why Skeptics Need to Take a Hit for Believers
September 11, 2018
Why Do I Trust Science?
August 25, 2018
Nature vs. "Natural"
August 19, 2018
Everything Cures Cancer
August 13, 2018
The Battle for Azeroth: Resisting the Temptation
August 03, 2018
Mary Midgley Answers the Devil
July 19, 2018
"Against Their Religion" or "Wrong"?
July 11, 2018
How to Be a Critical Thinker in One Easy Step
July 08, 2018
Running vs. Procrastination
June 17, 2018
Who's the Enemy?
June 15, 2018
Tribalism and Moral Hypocrisy
June 14, 2018
Does Laziness Exist?
June 10, 2018
Rape and Self-Control
June 03, 2018
Daniel Dennett and the Man in the Mirror
May 27, 2018
Is the "Selfish Gene" a Failed Metaphor?
May 20, 2018
Diana's Naivety in "Wonder Woman" Is Our Own
May 01, 2018
The Strict Imaginary Line Between Humans and (Other) Animals
April 23, 2018
What Are We Looking for When Looking for Alien Life?
April 19, 2018
A Very Strange Way of Thinking About Rights
April 11, 2018
That's Enough "World of Warcraft" for Me
April 05, 2018
What Do Opponents of Assisted Suicide Really Value?
March 31, 2018
