Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

“Lesson two: Mill was right that censored content that is false often contains important half-truths and that this matters when considering whether to suppress it.” I searched the column in vain in an attempt to discover who “Mill” is. I would run a google search but without even a first name it’s unlikely a single…

We ran out of space up there, so I’m responding to your July 29/6:08 pm comment down here. I guess I’m unconvinced. In fact, this is an old problematic for me. I know you’re neither an Objectivist nor a libertarian, but when we were p…

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In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Yikes. LikeLike

In reply to mlyoung57. That’s helpful (your July 27, 6:53 pm response). (1) I’m not imagining that my landlord/tenant or employer/employee hiring situations have broken down to the point of the practice/relationship being a farce of hypocri…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. This is the big controversy in Pakistan, which only reminds me that I have yet to apply for my dual national status. I keep procrastinating! https://www.dawn.com/news/1571794 LikeLike

In reply to mlyoung57. I’m on a WhatsApp group with a bunch of my cousins, including Sa’ad, and they’re all discussing the case. Ironically, one of my cousins just wrote, “Pakistan is lost.” Agreeing with the Supreme Court…