Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(John McWhorter | The Atlantic) The Problem With Dropping Standards in the Name of Racial Equity
By ending a requirement that classics majors learn Greek or Latin, Princeton risks amplifying racism instead of curing it.
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(Our World in Data) Why do we need to know about progress if we are concerned about the world’s large problems?
Why have we made it our mission to publish the “research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems”?
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on FU by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Roderick Tracy Long. I believe the Randian term for what’s going on in title is “unit economy.” In other words, the title is an abbreviation for something which, if spelled out, would take up more mental space in the reade…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on FU by Roderick Tracy Long
I don’t understand the title of this post. It’s too subtle for me. LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on EVS Journal (1): Kill ‘Em All by FU | Policy of Truth
[…] the Dean of Nursing, and two Deans of Business. Vanity compels me to mention that it also lost an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Pre-Law Adviser, along with literally dozens of faculty and staff, often terminated on the flimsiest of pr…
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(Policy of Truth) FU
In one year, Felician University has lost its President, its Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, its Dean of the School of Business, its Registrar, and most recently, its Vice President of Academic Affairs. Before that, it lost a Trustee, a previous VPAA, a Provost, the Dean of Nursing, and two Deans of…
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(Our World in Data) Battery costs have declined by 99% in the last three decades, making electrified transport a reality
Batteries have become much cheaper, making energy storage far more affordable.
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(Jesse Walker, Author at Reason.com) Now Everybody—
What if you could experience Thomas Pynchon as a Hank Williams song?
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(QC RSS) PPE Required
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