Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(Our World in Data) We just published a data explorer on the Monkeypox outbreak
Explore the latest reported data on the 2022 Monkeypox outbreak, produced by the Global.health team.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Imprisoned: A Tale of Two Households in Hebron by Irfan Khawaja
At Gary’s suggestion, I corrected a mistake in the original version of the post, which suggested that the funding for the fencing surrounding Zlekha’s house had been made by B’Tselem. LikeLike
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – Elevator ride
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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(QC RSS) Heat Shrink
Bloopin’ along
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(Policy of Truth) Imprisoned: A Tale of Two Households in Hebron
Guest post by Gary FieldsDept of CommunicationsUniversity of California at San Diego Al-Khalil (Hebron) is the paragon of Israeli apartheid, exemplified by the Abu Eisheh family and Zlekha Mutaseb and her mother. Both families were kind enough to spend a few hours with me telling me about their life in the Old City. It would…
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(Our World in Data) Wild mammals are making a comeback in Europe thanks to conservation efforts
Hunting and habitat loss drove many large mammals in Europe close to extinction. New data shows us that many of the continent’s mammal populations are flourishing again.
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(QC RSS) Does A Body Good
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on ON APPROPRIATELY FEARING THE REAPER (HOW THE FITTINGNESS OF FITTING ATTITUDES IS NOT A FUNCTION OF WELFARE-VALUE) by mlyoung57
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. I’ll chew on this a bit and get back… LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on ON APPROPRIATELY FEARING THE REAPER (HOW THE FITTINGNESS OF FITTING ATTITUDES IS NOT A FUNCTION OF WELFARE-VALUE) by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to mlyoung57. Yes, please do use them. I’m going to be writing less in the next few months (at least on the blog), but making some changes to the site, e.g., adding some new pages, and trying to organize things better. So yes, if youR…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on ON APPROPRIATELY FEARING THE REAPER (HOW THE FITTINGNESS OF FITTING ATTITUDES IS NOT A FUNCTION OF WELFARE-VALUE) by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to mlyoung57. I think we’re agreeing on these last two points. Obviously, what we believe and how we handle the available evidence matters here. My claim is that that is 99.99%, maybe 100%, of the issue. If you believe that something is…
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