Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

The memorial service, from NJ.com: https://www.nj.com/essex/2020/05/nj-police-officer-who-died-from-coronavirus-laid-to-rest-as-community-mourns-his-passing.html From The New York Times, in what I think is the best obituary I’ve read of Rob. It a…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Irfan; I almost missed this: “In my view, the libertarian movement is driven less by racist cranks than it is by corporate capitalism.” I think that’s right. From my observation, Libertarians seem to be fallen anarchists beca…

In reply to Brandon Christensen. Not being a philosopher, I cannot make any comment about the intellectual prowess of Brennan, Magness, Tucker, or AIER. What strikes me is the implication of Dunning Kruger: intellectual achievement requires humility. W…

In reply to Brandon Christensen. I wouldn’t put it that way. It seems too pessimistic to me, and I say that as a non-libertarian. For one thing, I don’t put Jason Brennan in the same category as Phil Magness or Jeff Tucker (or for that matt…

This is a syndicated post, originally published by Hannah Ritchie at Our World in Data.

This is a syndicated post, originally published by Hannah Ritchie at Our World in Data.

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In reply to Irfan Khawaja. What’s funnier is the time and effort they spend attacking the reputations of others. I don’t know how funny this is, though. Brennan, Magness, and the rest of the AIER frat boys represent the future of public libertari…