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Lulie Tanett doxed me by giving private photographs of me, taken by her, to Dennis Hackethal, the bully who plagiarized me and threatened to sue me then blogged tens of thousands of words attacking me.

Richard Hamming: You and Your Research is a 1986 talk about how to do "great" research in the sense of getting fame, promotions and prizes.

These are generic questions people could consider before discussing a topic in a philosophical way, especially controversial topics.

It's hard to get high quality debate.

I changed my mind about some things.

In 2020, my blog, curi.us, was DDoSed for the first time around 45 hours after I sent Dennis Hackethal an email he didn't like.

I write a lot.

In 2020, I accused Dennis Hackethal of plagiarizing me (and plagiarizing David Deutsch) in his book A Window on Intelligence: The Philosophy of People, Software, and Evolution – and Its Implications (2020).

KPop Demon Hunters (KDH, 2025) is Netflix's most watched original film with over 300,000,000 views.

In Disciplined Minds, Jeff Schmidt presents a concept called "assignable curiosity".

After threatening to sue me and writing five blog posts about me, Dennis Hackethal published another blog post, some long blog comments (some could be posts but he put them in the comment section) and multiple videos attacking me.

Dennis Hackethal created a website, Veritula, based on my philosophy, Critical Fallibilism (CF).

Dennis Hackethal created a website, Veritula, based on my Critical Fallibilism (CF) philosophy, where he writes frequently about CF ideas.

This article is inspired by Brian Moon's article The Poverty of Memes (2025) (read on Medium or as a PDF).

I first posted this on the Progress Forum but the forum has low activity and I got no responses.

I haven't read Aaron Stupple's book, The Sovereign Child: How a Forgotten Philosophy Can Liberate Kids and Their Parents, because he and others aren't open to debate and criticism.

The Boyfriend's Introduction to Feminism by Gideon W.

When people don't agree about how to cooperate, coordinate or get along, they may try problem solving.

My former mentor David Deutsch taught me an idea that victims of injustices should be made whole by the person or group who wronged them.

Taking Children Seriously (TCS) is a parenting philosophy by David Deutsch and Sarah Fitz-Claridge.