Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry) Collections: How to Polis, 101, Part IIb: Archons
This is the second part of the second part of our three(ish) part look at the governing structures of the Greek polis (I, IIa). Last time, we looked at the basic institutions of governance, how nearly every polis has magistrates, an assembly, and one or more councils which function together to govern the polis. We…
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(Aaron Kim ENGRD 101) Relative Homework Time
I decided to track the amount of time I spent doing everything, and I was particularly interested in the relationship between the amount of time I spent relaxing versus doing work (which is all under homework). Despite seemingly relaxing a lot, I found that I am usually more stressed than the graph would show. Part…
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(QC RSS) Drink Carefully
Oh no
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – I can beat their best wrestler
New comic!Today’s News: Missed out on The Art of Ménage à 3 Kickstarter campaign?Get it via InDemand at Indiegogo: https://igg.me/at/artofma3/x/27564548#/Want printed books or swag? Check out our store! https://pixietrixcomixs…
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(Danny O’Brien’s Oblomovka) amped up, turned down
I’m hoping that the net time I get a promotional postcard from eyebuydirect, they’ll have added another “&” onto my fully-escaped surname, and so on, until it overruns the postcard’s CSS block into the street. A voice-mail from Central Computer: my computer is fixed, I can come and pick it up. It felt very like…
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(Policy of Truth) Have a Tough Month
All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare. –Spinoza Tonight is the first night of Ramadan–”Ramadan Eve,” in effect–the night before the Muslim month of fasting. I used to fast as a child, but lost my faith, and stopped for several decades. I started again in 2016, and intend to fast this year.…
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(QC RSS) Meet ‘N Greet
In what might be the most obscure QC cameo ever, Mizu and her fluffy-haired friend Bishop are visiting from TeeQueue’s excellent LOBOTOMY CORPORATION Let’s Play, which I highly recommend checking out.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Defining “Wokeness”: Socratic Dialogues with Bethany Mandel by butimbeautiful
I’ll have to go back to my Plato. What’s wokeness in ancient Greek? I wonder if wokeness or lack of is not just about justice but about guilt and taking responsibility. To some extent there may be agreement on what’s unjust but some o…
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(Jesse Walker, Author at Reason.com) This Just In: Conspiracy Theorists Not Quite as Kooky as Previously Reported
Greetings from the second International Conspiracy Theory Symposium, where one of the most cited findings in the field has been debunked.
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(Danny O’Brien’s Oblomovka) the tyranny of structurelessnesslessness
The equivalent of “time to crate” in conversations with me, is the length of time it takes someone — not always me! — to ask “Have you read Seeing Like a State/Tyranny of Structurelessness”? It was IMMORAL to roll one’s eyes at this point, because obviously it is awesome that anarchist (or CIA, depending on…
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