Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(Policy of Truth) The Lost Boys
Here’s an exchange I just had with Stephen Hicks over a recent Wall Street Journal article, “A Generation of American Men Give Up on College” (Sept. 6, 2021). (The Journal piece is paywalled, but can be one-time accessed by registering.) Naturally, I’m having trouble with the technological wonders of the “block editor,” so I’ve indicated…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on SOME THOUGHTS ON INSTITUTIONAL DESERT by mlyoung57
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Well, the New England Patriots just won, but it is not clear that they deserved to win. I think everyone knows exactly what I mean, here (and have similar intuitions in similar cases). I’m at a bit of a loss if one deni…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on SOME THOUGHTS ON INSTITUTIONAL DESERT by Irfan Khawaja
So I’ve mulled your post over now (in a serious way). You definitely have a point: institutional considerations enter into what Feldman and Skow regard as claims of desert. So I agree that there are more than two concepts operating here. But the …
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(The GiveWell Blog) Initial thoughts on malaria vaccine approval
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently recommended the widespread use of the malaria vaccine RTS,S/AS01 for children. It provides an additional, effective tool to fight malaria. This is great news! We’ve been following this vaccine’s development for years and, in the last few months, have been speaking with organizations involved in its development and potential…
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( Comments for Austro-Athenian Empire ) Comment on Today by P.
I feel you
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(A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry) Collections: Luigi Cadorna Was The Worst
This week we’re going to break from our normal fare and take a bit of a lark. I thought I ought to substantiate the nearly endless shade towards Luigi Cadorna, Italian Army Chief of Staff from 1914-1917 (though I realize after writing this that what I actually ought to have done is just told the…
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(Jesse Walker, Author at Reason.com) The Hidden History of the Trillion Dollar Coin
Friday A/V Club: In 1992, it was a paramilitary America Firster who wanted to #MintTheCoin.
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(QC RSS) It’s Happened Before
And it’ll happen again
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on SOME THOUGHTS ON INSTITUTIONAL DESERT by mlyoung57
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. I choose to annoy you further by blanket “liking” everything, like a good-natured grandma. LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on SOME THOUGHTS ON INSTITUTIONAL DESERT by Irfan Khawaja
I demand to know why adherence to obligation is impersonally valuable. Indeed, we all deserve an answer to this question. LikeLiked by 1 person
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