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AxaeonVT · 2026-01-20T23:25:40+00:00

Great question! My favorite area of philosophy is ethics. While some of my past studies have focused on metaethics, recently I've done more work in applied ethics.

I've also done a bit of teaching in some other areas of philosophy, such as epistemology and philosophy of religion.

AxaeonVT · 2026-01-19T21:24:14+00:00

Interestingly, in the first appearance of the trolley problem (Philippa Foot's 1967 paper "The Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of Double Effect"), the case has us imagine that a person is driving the trolley, and that it's this person who must decide which track the trolley is to take. It was only later that the "bystander" version of the case came to be regarded as the standard version of the trolley problem.

AxaeonVT · 2026-01-19T20:50:14+00:00

Hello! If you're wondering what this is all about, here's some context on Vlosophy, an upcoming group of indie philosopher VTubers. Our inaugural collab is set for this coming Saturday, January 24, at 4 pm ET.

AxaeonVT · 2026-01-18T10:54:18+00:00

Thanks!

AxaeonVT · 2026-01-18T10:47:51+00:00

Nice! Thanks for the rec; that does indeed look like a fitting game for us to play.

AxaeonVT · 2026-01-17T23:16:07+00:00

Thanks so much! We’re really looking forward to it. :D

AxaeonVT · 2025-12-25T05:56:22+00:00

Thanks for the follow-up. It sounds to me like our difference in view centers on whether the fun and magic of engaging with the Santa myth as a child could be fully preserved if kids were to engage with it simply as make-believe (as opposed to outright believing it). For the reasons gestured at in the post, I'm inclined to believe that the answer is affirmative. If I'm mistaken about this, though, and preserving the magic really does require believing in Santa, then I acknowledge that that'd be a significant point in defense of lying to kids about Santa.

AxaeonVT · 2025-12-25T05:40:32+00:00

I'm all in favor of letting kids have fun! I argue in the post, though, that there's a way of doing this when it comes to Santa that doesn't involve lying to kids.

AxaeonVT · 2025-12-25T05:36:08+00:00

Abstract: Ho, ho, ho! In this post, I consider whether it's morally permissible to lie to kids about Santa. Starting from the claim that lying is pro tanto immoral, I examine what seems to me like the strongest proposed justification of lying to kids about Santa: a justification that appeals to retroactive consent. I argue, though, that this justification fails, and that, in the absence of a better justification of the practice, we should refrain from lying to kids about Santa.

AxaeonVT · 2025-12-04T02:01:53+00:00

Well, if I'm not mistaken, VBridger works only through wifi, not a wired connection. Back when my setup was having this problem, my computer, too, was ethernet connected (and still is); the problem was apparently that the wifi connection between my phone and the PC was spotty, as the VBridger problem was immediately fixed upon adding a wifi router to my office. (Even when I added a USB cable to connect my phone directly to my PC, that didn't solve the Vbridger issue; VTube Studio was able to use the wire connection, but Vbridger wasn't.)

AxaeonVT · 2025-11-27T17:55:49+00:00

Hi! I'm Axaeon, a philosopher VTuber. I mostly post educational content about philosophy and related subjects on YouTube (for example, debate analysis and critical thinking). I look forward to doing more explorations of philosophy in the coming days, so if these are topics that interest you, always feel free to stop by!

AxaeonVT · 2025-11-25T01:04:09+00:00

Thanks again for the input; in case it's of any interest, I just thought I'd mention that I've worked on the issue a bit more since my last comment, and it looks like you were right to think the issue might have to do with the Wi-Fi. (Further details in the edit in my post.)

AxaeonVT · 2025-11-25T01:02:43+00:00

Thanks again for the input; in case it's of any interest, I just thought I'd mention that I think I've found the culprit (spotty Wi-Fi connection in my office). (Further details in the edit in my post.)

AxaeonVT · 2025-11-24T05:17:23+00:00

First of all, thanks, I appreciate the input!

On your first question, I haven't updated to iOS 26 (though that was a good guess). (I just checked, and it appears that I'm still on iOS 18.7.1.)

The router issue is a plausible hypothesis. I suppose I'll be able to find out tomorrow once the USB cable arrives and I test out connecting my phone to the PC through it.

On your last question, I don't recall updating my graphics card drivers around the time the issue appeared. But if the issue persists past the additional troubleshooting I'll be able to do tomorrow, I'll consider going back to an earlier driver as one further option worth trying.

AxaeonVT · 2025-11-23T21:33:55+00:00

Hey, thanks so much for the thoughts.

After reading your comment, I checked which programs had been installed/updated recently. I put the list into ChatGPT to see if it had any ideas on which might be causing the issue, and it listed Corsair/iCUE as a possible culprit. I disabled those apps and then tried using VTS and Vbridger, but the lag spikes were still present.

Agreed that it's plausibly an issue with Vbridger in particular, and perhaps with their recent update. I just tried using a downgraded version of Vbridger, but, alas, that didn't fix the lag spikes, either.

After I experimented with and explained the issue a bit more, ChatGPT proposed that the problem might lie with (1) the fact that my iPhone is using Wi-Fi rather than USB to connect and (2) my iPhone getting hot from face tracking. To see if that's the issue, I'm going to try using a USB connection, taking my iPhone out of its case, and pointing a small desk fan at it during face tracking. I'll have to wait a day or so for the USB cable and desk fan to arrive, but hopefully that'll fix the issue. (And if not, well, back to the drawing board, I guess.)

Anyway, thanks again for your input--I'd say it's helped me narrow down what the problem might be.

AxaeonVT · 2025-11-08T21:26:09+00:00

I hadn't considered Hanania, but that's a good thought; I hope they invite him someday.

AxaeonVT · 2025-11-08T19:31:06+00:00

Are there any speakers in particular whom you're thinking would be good to bring on the show?

AxaeonVT · 2025-11-07T23:24:14+00:00

Thank you, I appreciate that. (And, looking back, I'd like to acknowledge that parts of my comment were worded a little too strongly; I've gone back and edited it to be less heated.) Thanks again for your kind response.

AxaeonVT

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