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Applied Case

Applied Case: Twelve Monkeys (1995)

Applied Case: Twelve Monkeys (1995)

The machine is ethical; the probe is Bruce Willis.
Aidan Lawson 21 Jun 2026
Applied Case: Click (2006)

Applied Case: Click (2006)

Michael Newman destroys his son’s entire extance by finally becoming a better father.
Aidan Lawson 19 Jun 2026
Applied Case: Primer (2004)

Applied Case: Primer (2004)

The problem here was not the time travel.
Aidan Lawson 18 Jun 2026
Failed Field Analysts: Timothy McVeigh and the Retaliation Machine

Failed Field Analysts: Timothy McVeigh and the Retaliation Machine

The federal building was not one body. Applied Case: Ruby Ridge & Waco.
Aidan Lawson 14 Jun 2026
Applied Case: The Field Intelligence Gap

Applied Case: The Field Intelligence Gap

Modal Path Ethics returns to the Prisoner’s Dilemma, slightly embarrassed, this time with the literature.
Aidan Lawson 13 Jun 2026
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