Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
-
(New York Times) Don’t Worry, He’s All Right, According to at Least One Woman
-
(The Atlantic) Yascha Mounck, “Americans Strongly Dislike PC Culture”
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/large-majorities-dislike-political-correctness/572581/
-
(The Atlantic) Americans Strongly Dislike PC Culture
https://www.theatlantic.com/letters/archive/2018/10/readers-respond-americans-dislike-pc-culture/572866/
-
(Cat and Girl) The Good Captain
This is a syndicated post, originally published by Dorothy at Cat and Girl.
-
(Our World in Data) How do researchers estimate the death toll caused by each risk factor, whether it’s smoking, obesity, or air pollution?
Risk factors are important to understand because they can help us identify how to save lives. How do researchers estimate their impact?
-
(Our World in Data) How are causes of death registered around the world?
In many countries, when people die, the cause of their death is officially registered in their country’s national system. How is this determined?
-
(Our World in Data) Risk ratios, odds ratios, risk differences: How do researchers calculate the risk from a risk factor?
The effects of risk factors can be calculated in different ways. How are they calculated and interpreted?
-
(Our World in Data) Why isn’t it possible to sum up the death toll from different risk factors?
Deaths caused by each risk factor can’t be added up. By understanding why, we will have a better understanding of how many lives can be saved with each intervention.
-
(QC RSS) Remember Penelope?
it’s been a while (a couple thousand comics)
-
( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on “Living Authentically” by Irfan Khawaja
I couldn’t help noticing this, and noting its relevance to this post, in more ways than one (ht: Kurt Keefner): https://unherd.com/2023/08/the-four-thinkers-who-took-on-the-mob/#:~:text=During%20the%20Thirties%20and%20Forties,individual%20versus%…
Got any book recommendations?