Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry) Michael Taylor on John Keegan’s The Face of Battle: A Retrospective
In a special treat this week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany is back (he has written here once before). This time Michael is taking a look back at what is probably “he most influential book on any aspect of military history in the last fifty years” and I’d argue probably the…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Have a Tough Month by Roderick T. Long
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Karma. LikeLike
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(QC RSS) The Crucial Decision
Hello, furries
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – Barbie doll
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(QC RSS) Call FEMA
oh no the thorities
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(Cat and Girl) There’s No Such Thing as Free Parking
This is a syndicated post, originally published by Dorothy at Cat and Girl.
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(Our World in Data) Artificial intelligence has advanced despite having few resources dedicated to its development – now investments have increased substantially
In the past, relatively few researchers were working on AI technology and there was little commercial interest and funding. Now, the available resources have increased substantially. We should expect that the field continues to advance rapidly.
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(Danny O’Brien’s Oblomovka) Program Think
I admit that, post-EFF, when I read about some terrible Internet regulatory proposal, or knotty problem of digital ethics, I often have a burst of “well, thank goodness it’s someone else’s job to deal with this now.” (Except for the narrower domain that is still my problem, I guess). And then again, sometimes, I just…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Pedagogy of the Oppressors by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. I think I either applied for a Salvatori fellowship and didn’t get it, or someone recommended me and I didn’t apply. I don’t remember which, but your comment reminds me that I interviewed Lynne Cheney for the Tory, got into a…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Pedagogy of the Oppressors by Roderick T. Long
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Or, as see that I put it in an email from a few years back: “I spent a week or so at Heritage during the 90s as part of their Salvatori program. I have rarely experienced an intellectual atmosphere of such bloodthirstin…
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