Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Character-Based Voting and Genocide by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Roderick T. Long. Yes, thanks. Corrected. LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Character-Based Voting and Genocide by Roderick T. Long
A quibble: I’m not sure I see how a genocidaire could be an “assiduous respecter of property rights.” Admittedly that’s in the first instance because I believe in self-ownership, so if I kill you unjustly I’m violating y…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Character-Based Voting and Genocide by Roderick T. Long
“Taken literally, the argument proscribes voting for any candidate, no matter how evil, if the evil he exemplifies is policy-irrelevant.” I think you mean “voting AGAINST.” LikeLike
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(Policy of Truth) “Ceasefire”
This is what the vaunted “ceasefire” actually looks like in the West Bank: disarm the population, box them in, round them up, incarcerate them en masse. The occupation has quietly swept hundreds into jail, and settlers have set fire to the village of Sinjil. Not a shot fired, though. As far as the West Bank…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) This guy’s favorite fast food chain is “Clown Burger,” c’mon
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! Blondie, 1/20/25 The joke here really ought to be that we all know that there are plenty of…
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(Policy of Truth) Character-Based Voting and Genocide
It’s been a while since I’ve beaten up on Jason Brennan’s “argument” against character-based voting, but I’m feeling the urge again, so here I am, hot to go.(1) The crux of the argument is that it’s wrong to vote for political candidates on the basis of their traits of character, except when character is a…
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(Our World in Data) Scaling up: how increasing inputs has made artificial intelligence more capable
The path to recent advanced AI systems has been more about building larger systems than making scientific breakthroughs.
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(QC RSS) Ayo Realizes Something
GREAT
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(xkcd.com) Chemical Formulas
This is a syndicated post, originally published by xkcd.com at xkcd.com.
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Bad news from bad dudes
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! Mary Worth, 1/19/25 “Josh,” you’re probably wondering, “how can this storyline about Dawn’s relationship with her new emotionally…
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