Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

[…] wouldn’t be in this fucking situation if people had taken social distancing more seriously earlier on. When the time for blame comes, I hope the relevant people–especially the relevant […] LikeLike

I haven’t been able independently to confirm this, so I can’t treat the information as iron-clad truth. For that reason, treat everything I say in this post as a hypothetical, conditional on confirmation of the fact on which it’s based. In any case, someone I know who happens to be a pizza delivery person in…

Another piece on the same topic, somewhat different angle than mine (ht: Julie O’Connell): https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/respect-old/607864/ LikeLike

There seems to be some interest in pursuing the third of my suggestions (I don’t mean to suggest that the decision-makers were influenced by me). https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/03/nj-could-use-hotels-college-dorms-as-hospitals-for-coronaviru…

In reply to Jacques Delacroix. For some reason, the preceding comment (JD’s) went into the spam filter. I’m not sure why it did, or whether something got cut out of it. WordPress does strange things sometimes. LikeLike

In reply to Jacques Delacroix. What’s not clear is your statements about the relationship between the small continued presence of US troops in Iraq and the existence of remants of Daesh there and nearby. What should Pres. Trump do, remove them and wish…

In reply to radgeekdotcom. I read this. LikeLike

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. I read this. Of course, I don’t agree with much of it. What’s not clear is your statements about the relationship between the small continued presence of US troops in Iraq and the existence of remants of Daesh th…

In reply to radgeekdotcom. Thanks. By the way, for some reason, WordPress isn’t automatically letting your comments through; I’m not sure why. That happened to Roderick, too. Not sure why that happens. LikeLike