Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Judges often react in something like this way (but not quite this shrill and moralistic) when they have concluded that they are being lied to or given a blizzard of lame excuses. I’m not quite sure why she would think that, here. Maybe there is s…

In reply to David Potts. David; Your accounting of “powerful evidence” is light on evidence. “it’s hard to know exactly how a study was conducted”; that is an Appeal to Ignorance; a classic fallacy. We provide training to turn students into experts, an…

In reply to radgeekdotcom. radgeekdotcom, There were at least four police officers on the scene when Floyd was murdered; all are morally if not legally culpable. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/03/3-more-cops-charged-in-george-floyd-death-other-officers-m…

In reply to sean samis. sean samis: OK. If George Floyd was not cancelled, nor Ahmaud Arberry, Breonna Taylor, or Eric Garner, then Hypatia was not cancelled, neither was Justine Sacco or Walter Palmer… I think you missed David’s point, per…

In reply to sean samis. Hi Sean, Actually, the ABC news data are powerful evidence that vaccination is not preventing the spread of Omicron. It is more convincing to me than the formal studies, because it’s hard to know exactly how a study was co…

I agree with your conclusions and concur in your sentencing recommendation. sean s. LikeLike