Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(Our World in Data) How do antibiotics work, and how does antibiotic resistance evolve?
To use antibiotics more effectively, it’s important to know how different antibiotics work and how antibiotic resistance can evolve and spread.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on UHC, Denials, and Wrongful Death Revisited by stephenmlindsay
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. One more question, then I’ll let it rest. The moral justification of extra-legal vigilante killings (outside of self defense or in the case of a failed state) seems to me a pretty fringe position – the territory of extr…
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(xkcd.com) D Roll
This is a syndicated post, originally published by xkcd.com at xkcd.com.
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(Policy of Truth) Call Me
EVS Journal 7: Scenes from Life On Call in the OR Every member of the OR EVS team takes emergency call on assigned weekends. The call shift starts at 8 am, ends at midnight, and takes place on two consecutive days. It’s an exercise in underpaid exhaustion. You get $5/hr every hour that you’re on…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on UHC, Denials, and Wrongful Death Revisited by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to stephenmlindsay. “So you ARE saying that if someone is sufficiently evil (and the law won’t or can’t deal with it) then any guy on the street is morally justified in killing him or her.” I certainly am saying that. Who wouldn…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on UHC, Denials, and Wrongful Death Revisited by stephenmlindsay
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. So you ARE saying that if someone is sufficiently evil (and the law won’t or can’t deal with it) then any guy on the street is morally justified in killing him or her. That’s an invitation to chaos, especially since the peopl…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) O come to the bowling alley and let us ADORE him
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! Hi and Lois, 12/21/24 Hmm, Ditto, interesting: canonically, in the Bible, Joseph doesn’t have any lines (in the…
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(Policy of Truth) Secure Your Own Homeland
ICE showed up at my workplace today–or rather, ICE in the guise of DHS, “The Department of Homeland Security.” The agent flashed a badge and started asking about some people with Spanish names. Did I know anything about them? I had nothing to say. It’s amazing how reticent I can become at times. The only…
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