Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(Policy of Truth) On Love of Country
You’ve got to love a country where the President commutes the death sentences of 37 death row inmates, is widely praised for it, makes a pious speech about why the other three have to get the shaft for “terrorism,” and then, without a pause, continues committing genocide abroad while winning adulation for that. The part…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on UHC, Denials, and Wrongful Death Revisited by stephenmlindsay
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Thanks for the suggestions. I’ll take a look. The Second Treatise is incredibly powerful. When I finished the conclusion recently I was ready to jump up and foment Revolution right then and there and I had to talk myself down…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on UHC, Denials, and Wrongful Death Revisited by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to stephenmlindsay. It’s not a fringe position at all. Every school child in America is taught that a shooting on March 5, 1770 on Boston Commons was a “massacre” despite the fact that six of the eight shooters were acquitted…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Those Drones Explained by Irfan Khawaja
Incidentally, I’m in Michigan right now, but I get the sense that the drone story has started to bore people even at its supposed Ground Zero in New Jersey. Not one person I’ve met here in Michigan has brought this story up, or shows even t…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Those Drones Explained by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to s gordon. Good article. I strongly suspect that even if the drones began to rain terror directly on New Jersey, 99% of the population would regard the bombs as causelessly appearing from out of nowhere, bearing no connection whatsoever to a…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on The Evil Demon in the OR by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Roderick T. Long. No doubt. LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on The Evil Demon in the OR by Roderick T. Long
The rag will return when you least expect it. The sword of vengeance sleeps but does not die. LikeLike
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(Policy of Truth) The Evil Demon in the OR
Up to this point, what I have accepted as very true I have derived either from the senses or through the senses. However, sometimes I have discovered that these are mistaken, and it is prudent never to place one’s entire trust in things which have deceived us even once. Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy, Meditation…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Holidays loom ominously
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! Judge Parker, 12/23/24 Aw, isn’t that nice? Sam is going to let Alan enjoy the holidays and wait…
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(Our World in Data) Antibiotics transformed medicine but face challenges from resistance and misuse
Antibiotics revolutionized medicine, but their effectiveness is threatened by resistance. This new page presents global data and research on antibiotics and antibiotic resistance.
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