Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(Danny O’Brien’s Oblomovka) we find our own use for things
Thome Ptacek, with whom I alternate between disagreement and agreement at approximately 50hz, writes about AI, amicably titling his article “My AI skeptic friends are all nuts” (and that’s how you get to #1 on Hacker News, which is where I posted a version of this comment: It’s something I’ve struggled with for a while…
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(QC RSS) Acting!
Drama!
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Manifesto of the Israeli Embassy Shooter by s gordon
Irfan, I, as an anti-Zionist Jew, agree with you. Zionists love to smirkingly announce, “FAFO” [Fuck Around and Find Out] to Palestinians and their supporters. As could be predicted, they shriek, when it is applied to them. Here is one of the best piec…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Alasdair MacIntyre (1929-2025) by s gordon
In reply to Markus. Markus, I am Jewish. Not one word you have puked out is representative of my beliefs. You spat out, like a machine, the same exact thoroughly debunked talking points that I’ve heard from every Zionist, whether it’s those, like you, …
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) I too love it when comics and movies exist. Love those content formats
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger’s The Enthusiast is that novel! It’s even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Mary Worth, 6/2/25 Did you know that the psychological “fight or flight” response is more accurately called “fight,…
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(Our World in Data) Once a leading killer, tuberculosis is now rare in rich countries — here’s how it happened
As much as one quarter of deaths in Europe and the United States were once from tuberculosis.
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(QC RSS) Seating Arrangement
That’s no ottoman, that’s my slime girl friend
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(xkcd.com) Bridge Types
This is a syndicated post, originally published by xkcd.com at xkcd.com.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Alasdair MacIntyre (1929-2025) by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Markus. Your comment is a classic in its genre. It starts by telling me that you don’t care whether you’re blocked, and don’t intend to become a regular reader. It ends by inviting me to a discussion. This makes zero sense…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Alasdair MacIntyre (1929-2025) by Markus
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. First, I do not care at all if you block me, since I discovered your blog only by coincidence today and have no intention whatsoever of becoming a regular reader. So block away, if you like. Second, you are right to say that …
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