Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

I have often said that I think arguments are a waste of time. That is my opinion, though. Others may think arguments are valuable, and hence, not a waste of time. They have a point, but I think it depends on whether or not the argument is a genuine discussion in which both sides honestly…

ObamaCare incentives are perverse. Under ObamaCare, if a family of four is earning below approximately $95,000 without employer health care, it’ll receive subsidies. But if that same family’s wage-earners picked up some more hours that put them over the income threshold, it will cost them approximately 15 percent of what they make. The more you…

In my recent post Marijuana Prohibition Is A Crime Against Humanity the subject of Holy Anointing Oil came up in the comments and I did an addition to the post to reflect that. Commenter Randy left a comment which got me to thinking about something I saw at Reason Magazine in the Arkansas section of…

Amy Alkon links a report from Christine Hoff Sommers about how the CDC has dramatically inflated the number of rape cases, by asking questions about activities having nothing to do with rape, then tallying the answers to facilitate the following absurd conclusion: “More than 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have experienced…

An interview of Dennis Hill by Ava Marie from her Spiral Up show. A metastasizing tumor is one that is spreading through the body. That is normally a death sentence. The full interview.

Just in case there are any Doowop junkies still reading listening. MORE: This ain’t Doowop, but it bad either: (Garcia at his best, and not even trying.)

I just got this comment in reply to my post Endocannabinoids And Cancer – NIH Publication. ===== I am Harriet Beecher, I live in San Francisco USA, I want to say a big thank you to Dr. Rick Simpson for saving my son’s life with his miracle oil on the 10th of January 2014 from…

This is the real story of the Man Who Never Was. I’m rather an anglophile (I have been since high school at least) and love hearing the Brit accents. Some of the words I missed. But not many. And I loved seeing the wheels of a Bletchley code breaking machine turning again. I first learned…

As I said on Facebook earlier, I am anything but a neat freak. In fact, depending on perspective, some would consider me a slob. However, while my home might not pass the white glove test, I draw the line at certain things. And I hope I will not offend anyone, but I think that where…

I think Reilly was Sam Neil’s best role. This is Episode 01 which deals with Russia. Persia (Iran), and oil. And love affairs. I think YouTube has them through Episode 05. You can find the rest on the ‘net if you look. BTW although he is known as Sidney Reilly, his real name was Rosenbloom.…

It can predict anything that happens. But only after it happens. Stolen from…

It has snowed so much here in Ann Arbor that the city has run out of school snow days, and everyone is running out of places to put the snow. I have shoveled the sidewalk and excavated my driveway more times than I can count, and each time, the mounds on all sides get higher,…

The Democrats are proponents of making citizens of all undocumented workers. Which is just what poor people want. More competition for low skilled labor. And the mean old Republicans are against it. The party of Slavery is returning to its roots. On humanitarian grounds. Same as it ever was. Inspired by the usual mindless Facebook…

The Head Of The DEA (heh) recently criticized the President for saying pot was as safe as alcohol. Now the Deputy Head Of The Drug Czar Office (heh heh) says it is safer. But it had to be dragged out of him. During a House Oversight Committee hearing Tuesday, Michael Botticelli, deputy director of the…

The powers are planning on opening up our grid to hackers. Compared to that this event was child’s play. Stop The Smart Grid. Attack on South Bay power station called ‘terrorism’.

As you may or may not know I’ve been on a 9/11 Truther tear for the last few days. I’m pretty much (not perfectly) convinced our government did it. But all this 911 stuff teaches us what that we don’t already know from the Drug War? That the government will murder its own citizens for…

A good question, to be sure. But isn’t it a sexist one? Women across the city are having similar conversations with themselves lately, as Philadelphia reels from yet another senseless purse snatching/homicide. The latest happened early Sunday as two women left the Tropical Heat nightclub at 53rd and Market streets following a night of karaoke. Two…

I don’t know what the hell is wrong with Google these days, but I suspect determined spammers may be using it to prevent people from finding out who they are, and even retaliating against people who stand up to them. I have been inundated with spam every day which the spam detector cannot block, but…

In an ongoing discussion of The WTC 7 collapse on 9/11. Commenter Sigivald brought up the fact that other high rise fires have caused buildings to collapse. He did not leave any links. So I went looking and found this Truther site: 9-11 Research which has the results of quite a few high rise fires.…

Randy and I were having a discussion and I brought up the question of Jewish Atheism. Which led me to Baruch Spinoza and this: The breadth and importance of Spinoza’s work was not fully realized until years after his death. By laying the groundwork for the 18th century Enlightenment[3] and modern biblical criticism,[4] including modern…