Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) He shouldn’t be alive — and I for one think it’s time to do something about that
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, 12/3/24 It can be hard to remember sometimes that Wilbur doesn’t dedicate his full energy to…
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(QC RSS) Heck Of A View
The space station arc! Definitely the most ambitious thing I had attempted in the comic at that point, and honestly beyond my capabilities at the time. But that’s how you grow- you bite off more than you can chew, and you fuckin figure out how to che…
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(Coding Horror) The Great Filter Comes For Us All
With a 13 billion year head start on evolution, why haven’t any other forms of life in the universe contacted us by now?teaching the aliens how to exit Vim(Arrival is a fantastic movie. Watch it, but don’t stop there – read the Story of
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(Our World in Data) US airlines have transported passengers for more than two light-years since the last plane crash
Sometimes, the most important news is when something isn’t happening.
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(QC RSS) Welcome To Director’s Cut Month
Welcome to the start of Director’s Commentary month! Or as I call it, Directember. I don’t call it that. ANYWAY It felt appropriate to start with the first QC strip I ever made! For the rest of these entries I think I’m just gonna hit the “random co…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Their Silence Is Our Weapon by Roderick T. Long
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. I think his interest in libertarian scholarship has undergone something of a decline over the past decade. LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Their Silence Is Our Weapon by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Roderick T. Long. You should invite him to the Author Meets Critics event on Gary’s book this spring! Christianity, Palantir, and the Nation-State: A Study in Political Psychopathology. LikeLike
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(xkcd.com) Advent Calendar Advent Calendar
This is a syndicated post, originally published by xkcd.com at xkcd.com.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Their Silence Is Our Weapon by Roderick T. Long
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Gary and I had dinner with one of the founders of Palantir in 2010. Though I don’t think I knew about the Palantir connection then, I just knew about PayPal. LikeLike
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