Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Rand’s thoughts (in the essay Irfan linked above), though imperfect, seem generally commendable. And they seem totally contrary to the notion of selfishness as a virtue. A culture built on the veneration of selfishness could …

How are confirmed cases translating into hospitalizations, ICU admissions and deaths now that many have been vaccinated?

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. When repeated attempts to put a principle into practice fail, it’s time to question whether you’ve got the right principle. The problem with “the policy of always pronouncing moral judgment” is that we…

In reply to Michael Brazier. Hi Michael, Actually, I doubt that the abolitionist movement was any different than other activist movements in regard to scruples about evidence. I am not armed with any particular facts or evidence on this score, but it&#…

I myself was diagnosed with ependymoma in June 2000. I think that was when had heard about Carol. I think she struggled much more than I have. I’m sorry for your loss. After my diagnosis and challenges with this thing I have had a ton of thou…

In reply to Michael Brazier. I am familiar, or at least was–indeed, had seen this very segment back in the day. But I’d forgotten it, and had (believe it or not) totally blanked out the yak joke. Indeed, my grandmother lived with us when Ca…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Ah, you are unfamiliar with the great sage, Carnac the Magnificent? LikeLike

In reply to sean samis. I hadn’t thought of the MLK connection, but it’s actually poignant. There’s a certain similarity between Rand’s argument and MLK’s in the “Letter from the Birmingham Jail,” not that that…

In reply to Michael Brazier. I confess it took me several attempts to grasp the meaning of that sentence, and when I finally did, was left with the conundrum of how to translate it into Urdu so that my grandmother could understand it. Luckily, Google T…