▸ HEAD-TO-HEAD
HILARY GREAVES VS TOBY ORD
Hilary Greaves
b. 1978
What is is not what must be.
Toby Ord
b. 1979
What is is not what must be.
▸ WHERE THEY SHARPLY DISAGREED
The three dimensions on which Hilary Greaves and Toby Ord are farthest apart on Mull's 0–10 scale.
- Trust in ExperienceΔ 1 / 10Hilary Greaves: 6/10Toby Ord: 7/10
somewhat (1/10): Toby Ord grounds knowing in lived experience; Hilary Greaves weights other sources of evidence more.
- Tragic VisionΔ 0 / 10Hilary Greaves: 5/10Toby Ord: 5/10
somewhat (0/10): Toby Ord sees tragedy and limit as central; Hilary Greaves doesn't make that the starting point.
- Vital AffirmationΔ 0 / 10Hilary Greaves: 5/10Toby Ord: 5/10
somewhat (0/10): Toby Ord affirms life as it is more readily; Hilary Greaves qualifies that affirmation.
▸ WHERE THEY OVERLAPPED
Where the gap is smallest — both with meaningful presence on the dimension (not "neither cared").
- Self as Illusiongap 0 / 10Hilary Greaves: 4/10Toby Ord: 4/10
Both keep self as illusion muted.
- Universalist Impulsegap 0 / 10Hilary Greaves: 7/10Toby Ord: 7/10
Both lean strongly into universalist impulse.
- Embodied Sensibilitygap 0 / 10Hilary Greaves: 4/10Toby Ord: 4/10
Both keep embodied sensibility muted.
▸ ALL 16 DIMENSIONS
The full vector comparison. Bars show their 0–10 scores side-by-side.
- Ascetic TendencyΔ 0
- Communal EmbeddednessΔ 0
- Embodied SensibilityΔ 0
- Mystical ReceptivityΔ 0
- Practical OrientationΔ 0
- Reverence for TraditionΔ 0
- Self as IllusionΔ 0
- Skeptical ReflexΔ 0
- Sovereign SelfΔ 0
- Theoretical DriveΔ 0
- Trust in ExperienceΔ 1
- Trust in ReasonΔ 0
- Tragic VisionΔ 0
- Universalist ImpulseΔ 0
- Vital AffirmationΔ 0
- Will to PowerΔ 0
◀ HILARY GREAVESTOBY ORD ▶
▶ What to do next
Where do you sit between Hilary Greaves and Toby Ord?
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorTake the quiz — see which of them you sit closer to on the map.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · PROFILEImre LakatosA third thinker who sits between them — useful for triangulating.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · ARENAArgue Hilary GreavesFace Hilary Greaves in a 5-minute single-turn debate, judged on rigor.CONTINUE ▶