Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(xkcd.com) Solar Protons
This is a syndicated post, originally published by xkcd.com at xkcd.com.
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Delicious Wednesday
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! Dennis of the Menace, 10/10/24 Not to brag, but I’ve eaten some tamales in my day, ranging from…
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – Eat your words
New comic!Today’s News: Our 2024 Kickstarter is live! Check it out here!Want printed books or swag? Check out our store!https://tinyurl.com/yc56p4hwWe also have books available in bookstores and comic shops:https://tinyurl.com/55jzja8z
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(Our World in Data) The 2024 Living Planet Index reports a 73% average decline in wildlife populations — what’s changed since the last report?
A guide to understanding the Living Planet Index and what it does and doesn’t mean.
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(Policy of Truth) No One is to Advocate Anything Until I Blow This Whistle
The New York Times has a click-baitish headline about Hamas on the front page, except that unlike most click-bait headlines, this one happens both to be click-bait and true. “Pro-Palestinian Group at Columbia Now Backs ‘Armed Resistance’ by Hamas” It’s true. They do. Of course, at this point, a headline like that is a bit like…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Vote Like It Matters by Irfan Khawaja
I came up with an example that I think clarifies the point I’m making the post. Suppose that we have an imperfect duty to contribute to public goods, and that public health is one of these goods. Now suppose that contributing to your local first …
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(QC RSS) Retail Options
don’t ever buy pants at the dress store
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(Policy of Truth) “Sick of the Bullshit”
It’s ordinarily a violation of the ethics of discourse to use the question-and-answer period of a talk to make a speech rather than ask a bona fide question. A question is a request for information. A request can, as a condition of its intelligibility, require a brief clarification or bit of context-setting, but there’s a…
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(QC RSS) Peer Reviewed Romance
wait, who’s funding this research anyway
Got any book recommendations?