Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(Policy of Truth) Malley and Wertheim on Iranian “Responsibility”
When people commit crimes, they often invent elaborate rationalizations to conceal or dilute the moral turpitude of the offense. Rapists notoriously claim that their victims asked to be raped, or enjoyed it during the act. Murderers cite the imperatives of retributive justice. Etc. When it comes to ordinary crimes, most people can see the gaslighting…
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(QC RSS) Into The Drink
something’s fishy
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(xkcd.com) Bazookasaurus
This is a syndicated post, originally published by xkcd.com at xkcd.com.
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(The GiveWell Blog) Podcast Episode 25: Following the Data on Dispensers for Safe Water
GiveWell aims to find and fund programs that will do the most good per dollar. To do this, we carefully evaluate potential grants before making them—assessing academic evidence, building cost-effectiveness models, and talking to people in the sector who know the program well. But our work doesn’t stop there. When a program we’ve supported nears…
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(Policy of Truth) Persian Gulf Studies in Insouciance, vol. 1:1
A WhatsApp message from a cousin of mine who lives and works in the United Arab Emirates: Am fine. Worked from home for a few days, then went back to the office today. Things are relatively normal, despite the missiles and drones. He’s an emergen…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Carol Warren Welsh, RIP by “The Iran War Is Unfathomably Depraved” | Policy of Truth
[…] the individual’s ignorance is innocent, e.g., the person happens to be struggling with some chronic, all-consuming illness that leaves her no time to follow the news. In that case, a person might have something else to do […] Like…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Character, Complicity, and the Epstein Files by “The Iran War Is Unfathomably Depraved” | Policy of Truth
[…] repeat something I’ve said elsewhere, to conceptualize complicity, we have to define the term, locate it in a broader conceptual […] LikeLike
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(Policy of Truth) “The Iran War Is Unfathomably Depraved”
Notes on War and Complicity There are many valuable criticisms and critiques of the Iran War out there, and at some point I hope to mention as many of them here as I can, but if you want one-stop shopping, the thing to read is Nathan Robinson’s “The Iran War Is Unfathomably Depraved” in the…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Thursday affirmations
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger’s The Enthusiast is that novel! It’s even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! The Lockhorns, 3/5/26 I love that Leroy has decided to turn what could’ve been a brief snide remark…
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – Who do I root for
New comic!Today’s News: Our 2026 Kickstarter is live! Find it here: tinyurl.com/2wjw2bw6You can now read Exorsisters on Pixie Trix Comix. It’ll update Monday to Friday! :)Want printed books or swag? Check out our store!https://tinyurl.co…
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