Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on The Rime of the Denial Manager by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Nathan Byrd. I don’t think they’re mutually exclusive, but it does seem to me that you need individual claims level data in order to discuss the systemic level. I discuss this a bit in the predecessor post alluded to at the begi…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on The Rime of the Denial Manager by Nathan Byrd
(Copied and pasted from Facebook) Nathan ByrdIrfan suggests that the answers need to be fleshed out in data/spreadsheets, but it seems like a lot of the questions are counterfactual at a systemic level rather than on a piecemeal “did this specifi…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on UHC, Denials, and Wrongful Death Revisited by The Rime of the Denial Manager | Policy of Truth
[…] two weeks ago, I wrote a long post here on the killing of UnitedHealthCare (UHC) CEO Brian Thompson. Here’s a follow […] LikeLike
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(Policy of Truth) The Rime of the Denial Manager
Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink. –Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” (1834) About two weeks ago,…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on “False Alternatives in the Politics of Knowledge” by Molinari East and West | Policy of Truth
[…] about both the Eastern and Pacific meetings of the Molinari Society for 2025. (Irfan has already previously posted some info about his presentation at the […] LikeLike
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(Policy of Truth) Molinari East and West
Lo, I have information about both the Eastern and Pacific meetings of the Molinari Society for 2025. (Irfan has already previously posted some info about his presentation at the Eastern.) Eastern meeting, NYC, January 2025: The Molinari Society will be holding its mostly-annual Eastern Symposium in conjunction with the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical…
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(xkcd.com) Time Capsule Instructions
This is a syndicated post, originally published by xkcd.com at xkcd.com.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on UHC, Denials, and Wrongful Death Revisited by Irfan Khawaja
Your rebuttal of my position ignores what I actually said. “To fill out your last sentence, the fringe position is in not appreciating a distinction between vigilante killing as domestic justice (not defense) despite the existence of a functioni…
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(Policy of Truth) Thy Kingdom’s Will Be Done
I had a conversation the other day with a woman associated with a very liberal Protestant church who’d been organizing a charitable event for Gaza. The event was a dinner intended to raise money for a well-known medical relief organization. The event was a success, but she told me with chagrin that she had to…
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(A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry) Gap Week: December 27, 2024 (Year in Review)
Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year reflection on the state of the project, along with a brief ‘what’s on the stove’ coverage of what may be coming up. Also, here’s a cat picture: In terms of the project itself, 2024 was,…
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