Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In reply to Michael Brazier. The puzzle is why anyone thinks I’m disagreeing with or rejecting any of that. LikeLike

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Michael Brazier is canceled, too. Not Sean, though. He’s OK. LikeLike

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. You’re canceled, by the way. LikeLiked by 1 person

@davidlpotts I can’t do justice to your post in a comment, so I’m not going to make the attempt. It’s an inopportune moment for me to be writing a long response anyway, given recent events in my personal life. My “Anti-Fascist Q…

I’m not much of a philosopher; Irfan can fill you in on that! I’m more a “fix the problem” kind of guy. Philosophy should inform efforts to fix social problems, but when philosophers offer only problems and complications and no solutions, they leave th…

In reply to Michael Brazier. “it is so very easy for people in the fever of moral outrage to forget moral principle and reason, or to willfully ignore exculpating facts.” That is true; and that is one fault at least as common by the anti-wo…

Hear, hear. The only point I would quibble with is that political activism can be (and sometimes has been) informed by moral principle and reason, and that political activists can be (and sometimes have been) scrupulous about evidence when ginning up t…

We are just one step away from unlocking the world’s energy data for everyone. This would be a massive achievement for progress on energy and climate.

[…] This post began life as a reply comment to Irfan’s recent PoT post: “Anti-Fascist Questions for Anti-Woke Warriors.” But it got to be too long for such a format, so I’m posting it on its own. However, I […] LikeLike