Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(Our World in Data) Neglected tropical diseases lead to severe health issues and poverty for millions, particularly in tropical regions
Neglected tropical diseases affect millions of people despite the existence of cheap interventions and research to control them.
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(QC RSS) Asking The Hard Questions
Hi Tai
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Understanding Rightwing vs. Leftwing by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to David Potts. For the next week, I will almost certainly have connectivity, and will have it for the duration, but will have it while sitting in cubicle C-37 on the eighth floor of the BASF Building, in the Business Analytics and Reporting D…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Understanding Rightwing vs. Leftwing by David Potts
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Good timing. I have connectivity for the first time in 3 days, sitting in a restaurant called Muelle Darwin in Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz island, Galapagos. (They have wifi.) If our luck holds, will be back in the U.S. on Fri…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Understanding Rightwing vs. Leftwing by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to David Potts. David, I definitely intend to respond to this, but unfortunately, my schedule is very tightly packed, so that I only have a single day in any given week on which to write. So my response will be much delayed, but I’m not …
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(Policy of Truth) Greeks 4 Geeks! Geeks 4 Greeks!
Announcing a virtual reading group on Greek philosophy that Cory Massimino and I will be starting up later this month: For more details, and an application form, see:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1RcOJ5pkvsOaKQKQ1e36F75T8_XinSGLr-zM824pK4OM…
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(A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry) Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies – they’re agricultural – and…
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(Jesse Walker, Author at Reason Magazine) Review: Charles Fort’s Underrated Influence
The eccentric writer cast a long shadow, leaving a mark not only on the world of Bigfoot hunters and UFO buffs but in literature and radical politics.
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(QC RSS) Writer’s Retreat
(it was TS Eliot)
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(The GiveWell Blog) Researcher Spotlight: Erin Crossett, GiveWell Program Officer
Our research team spends over 50,000 hours a year looking for cost-effective organizations and interventions to save and improve lives, with the goal of producing the world’s top research on where to give. This interview with Program Officer Erin Crossett provides a glimpse into the world of GiveWell research. Q: What made you interested in…
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