Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

I’m now in Winnemucca, Nevada, and too damned tired to blog about anything which might require brain activity. Laramie to Winnemucca is 741 miles, many of which are windy, mountainous, and under construction. Glad I made it, as I was beginning to distrust my driving skills Much as I enjoy seeing spinning fruit, there’s no…

Blatantly stolen fro JoNova’s. Fortunately I mostly worked in aerospace and this sort of thing was kept to a minimum. But I did work with some college trained commercial engineers once who were convinced that rubber springs had no hysteresis. And another college guy who thought that drawing power in pulses caused no additional losses…

I found the video at Man with Parkinson’s able to Drive after Cannabis where they say: What doctors refuse to tell most people is that they can live a normal life with Parkinson’s disease and do most things others can do with the help of cannabis. Cannabis is still labeled as a schedule 1 drug…

I left Ann Arbor yesterday and tonight I am in Laramie, Wyoming. Considering my past record-setting drives across the country, that’s moving pretty damn slowly. I got pulled over in Omaha for absolutely nothing except the crime of not wanting to be pulled over (which means I stayed at that stupid town’s  60 mph limit,…

Millennials Going Republican? I would like to think so. But the article gives the usual caveat. If Republicans fixate on social issues again, they will lose again. That is always the problem with Republicans isn’t it?

I will be driving west for the next few days, and may or may not be online depending on circumstances. Here’s something that recently came out of the kiln. And some turtles I made (in progress at the time), before they were all sold at the Ann Arbor Art Fair:   Should have made more,…

The Hamas Charter is one of the obstacles to peace between the Israelis and their neighbors. Initiatives, Peace Solutions and International Conferences Article 13: The initiatives conflict, what are called “Peaceful Solutions” and “International Conferences” to solve the Palestinian problem. As far as the ideology of the Islamic Resistance Movement is concerned, giving up any…

Are conservatives tolerant of libertarians? This might be helpful too, although it may not. So might this. I’m almost beyond caring. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oznVcSjWQio

You know what? I have a question that suddenly seems very important. It’s 2014. Why the fuck aren’t there bold, italics, and underline text formatting options on Facebook? I reiterate: it’s the year two thousand fourteen. I get that they don’t want the screen exploding in crazy font sizes, screaming colors, and blinking monstrosities, but…

I was looking for news about this image which was part of a video posted here and came across this bit of news. As Israel’s Offensive Into Gaza Grows, France Bans Pro-Palestinian Protests In France the government placed a ban on Saturday’s expected rally as tensions between Jewish and Muslim communities is spiking. Citing a…

Oh yes. One of the worst droughts in California’s history has devastated more than a half-million acres of the most fertile farmland in America. In communities like Sacramento, “water police” go from door to door to enforce conservation measures. There’s even a mobile “app” to report neighbors to city authorities so they can be fined…

No, seriously. It’s even being called the Origin of Feces.

Originally found at Rap: Catchy, True, Sad One of the images was in response to the police burning a baby in a drug raid. Proceeds from sales of the video will go to that baby: “Money from sales willl be donated to support Baby Bou Bou, the baby who was hit by the SWAT team…

In an article about a teen who was killed by a police woman while answering the door with something in his hand (a Wii controller according to the family) a commenter explains the law: Police officers have an exception under title F, section Y, subsection T, paragraph W. For further elucidation read this post.

Here’s something most people don’t know. A local high school couple won a prize in a national duct tape prom outfit contest: Two Pinckney area teens are feeling ducky after a third place finish in a national duct tape prom outfit contest. Gabrielle Farina, 19, and Ryan Danko, 18, will receive $3,000 each in scholarship money from…

Some one (suspected to be a Russian separatist fighter. The separatists in my opinion are at least lead by Russian special forces teams) has shot down a Malaysian Airliner with 295 aboard at the Russian/Ukranian border. Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 shot down over territory held by Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine Body parts and wreckage…

Australia has rescinded their carbon tax. As of today, Australia no longer has the most expensive “carbon” price in the world. The voters didn’t ask for a tax in 2010, but it was forced on them in 2011. They rejected it wholeheartedly in 2013 but it still has taken months to start unwinding this completely…

Some commenters at Reason are discussing the pros and cons of toll roads. One commenter said: Tolls reduce congestion. To which I responded: I prefer cough medicine.

Disagreements about the unknown are one thing. (Not a new topic…) But when someone tells me he knows the unknown, I am skeptical –regardless of what form his particular “knowledge” of the unknown might take.