Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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( Comments for Austro-Athenian Empire ) Comment on Spice Opera by Roderick
In reply to Clyde Adams III. Ah yes, you are correct.
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( Comments for Austro-Athenian Empire ) Comment on Spice Opera by Clyde Adams III
“Promotion through assassination is of course also a Klingon thing – but one that was first established on Next Generation.” Promotion through assassination is a feature of the mirror universe in Star Trek TOS season 2 episode 4 “Mirr…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Farrell, Brennan, and the Great Debate Over Public Choice by sean samis
Brennan’s latest post ends with this: Comments closed, not because I don’t want feedback, but because I don’t have the ability to moderate comments anymore and I need to prevent an internet stalker from writing violent threats here. Why would he …
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on I Call That a Concession–the Best I Ever Had by sean samis
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Irfan; let me break my reply up into four parts. 1. Are “aggression” or “force” useful terms in this context? “The concept of an initiation of force is useful here because it captures the sort of act whose performance wrongf…
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – Falling over themselves
New comic!Today’s News:
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(QC RSS) Stand-Down Order
more like ass-ter sergeant amirite
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(The GiveWell Blog) Reflecting on our progress in 2019
GiveWell grew significantly in 2019. We hired 13 full-time staff members, bringing our total size to 37, and expanded our ability to take on new projects across domains. We feel positioned to do more and better work going forward as a result. We see a strong indication that the amount of funding we directed to…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Going Out in Style by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Susan Gordon. You mean “continue reading”? It works for me. Let’s see if anyone else has the same problem. LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Going Out in Style by Susan Gordon
Irfan, FYI, the link to your piece (“read more of this post”) doesn’t work. Susan LikeLike
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(Policy of Truth) Going Out in Style
After writing some sixty-plus blog posts on the COVID-19 crisis, I now have to go on a bit of a hiatus from blogging. I’m not sure how long it will last. Knowing me, it’ll probably last a day or two, but it’s supposed to last longer than that. I will continue to post entries from…
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