Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In reply to Roderick T. Long. I was able to see it on my phone. For some reason, it’s not visible here, at least on my computer. I admired the calm equanimity with which you faced down his remarkably repetitive message. Not sure why he had to kee…

In reply to mlyoung57. I went back and re-read the NYT Op-Ed about Latinos and the culture war, and I have to say I’m totally baffled by your response to it. For one thing, it’s an Op-Ed, not a news story. For another, I don’t get wha…

This was a bizarre blog post

Trump calls me to chat about anarchism:

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Thanks for your careful reply. 1) You say you don’t know what it is, but you successfully identified many examples of it after “all the bad stuff that stereotypical leftist activists do”. Since you agree those events happen, …

Speaking of cancel culture: I don’t know whether you can see this if you’re not on facebook, but — LikeLike

In reply to mlyoung57. In order to lobby someone, you need leverage. If you lack leverage, they won’t listen to you. If they don’t listen to you, it won’t matter how good your arguments are. They won’t be heard. Arguments that a…