Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

So says the Duck Dynasty guy who probably wants to be considered the great bearded prophet to denounce evil America. Oddly enough, I agree with him that “sin” is not logical. I’ve never been able to see any logic in arguments to authority. Sure, lots of things are considered sins by lots of religions, but…

An earwax-eating Democrat seems to have declared that Communism works: Democratic Florida Rep. Joe Garcia — fresh off being caught eating his own earwax on camera — was caught red-handed (or is it yellow-fingered?) in another gaffe this week, claiming that low crime rates in border cities with lots of federal immigration workers is proof…

The FBI is having recruiting problems. So they may be looking for a few good pot heads. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has long had a clear policy on marijuana: It doesn’t hire anyone who has smoked it in the previous three years. But the bureau is rethinking that stance, according to FBI Director James…

This little missive was prompted by some of my earnest compatriots entreating me to join a demonstration to get some law made. I’m not going to mention the cause. It doesn’t matter. The Dangers of “There Ought To Be A Law“ What if it turns out to be a bad law? It becomes very difficult…

That’s what they always say in cases like this: Witnesses say that Brendan Houston, a first-grade student at Herndon Magnet School, had alighted the bus in North Highland, a suburb of Shreveport, when he realized his shoe laces had been tied together. He stopped to fix the laces, but the bus driver, Debra Stevens, didn’t…

Shit! I had barely gotten used to the WorldNetDaily idea that tofu makes you gay, only to learn that Common Core does pretty much the same thing: Replacing Florida’s Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) with a new statewide school exam based on the Common Core standards is part of an agenda to turn kids gay, according…

Not so fast! Here in Ann Arbor, young people who want to use app-based rideshare services are in for a rude awakening. The status quo is threatened: It didn’t take long for Ann Arbor city officials to call for an end to the newly launched rideshare services Uber and Lyft. On May 14, just three…

I have mixed feelings about the diagnosing of violent youth as diseased, but here’s the headline: Hood Disease: Inner City Oakland Youth Suffering From Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder It’s what the government — and doctors at Harvard — are saying: OAKLAND (KPIX 5) — In the inner city, a health problem is making it harder for…

As part of my effort to promote the Forth language for real time control I have decided to try a crowd funding project. Which is why my appearance here has been sporadic.

This atrocity is called “the Pupeko anti-ageing mouthpiece, which claims to tighten the cheeks as the user does breathing exercises.” While I understand that this is supposed to be a beauty enhancement device, I just can’t see wanting to look like an inflatable sex doll or like a fish, even if you take the thing out…

The other day I read a Salon article with a video purporting to be a “brilliant takedown” by TV commentators of climate skeptics. The TV expert claimed that debating Global Warming was like debating whether 2+2=4: On his new show, “Last Week Tonight” John Oliver took a much needed jab at the ridiculous and terrible…

So who has it? In the United States, the court’s ruling would clash with the First Amendment. But the decision heightens a growing uneasiness everywhere over the Internet’s ability to persistently define people against their will. “More and more Internet users want a little of the ephemerality and the forgetfulness of predigital days,” said Viktor…

A prominent politician who is on the Republican National Committee has said this in a fund-raising email I got earlier: …in the original Webster’s dictionary, which our forefathers knew well, they said we have certain inalienable rights … The definition of inalienable were those rights that were not repugnant to God (most were Christians and…

Is this wishful thinking on the part of Karl Rove, or does Hillary Clinton actually have brain damage? He said if Clinton runs for president, voters must be told what happened when she suffered a fall in December 2012. The official diagnosis was a blood clot. Rove told the conference near LA Thursday, “Thirty days…

I saw this on Facebook earlier. It’s been making the rounds, and while I see the point (that identity politics sucks), I am not sure that answering identity politics with identity politics does much more than perpetuate identity politics. Also, the use of the phrase “upside down” intrigued me, because it implies that there is…

Hunter Backer discusses his experiences at an Evangelical Convention and the topic of abortion came up as it inevitably does. So I wrote him a letter: As long as abortion is an individual decision the only way to reduce it is to change minds. The alternative is laws. So where does that lead? 1. Women…

Eric brought to my attention the emerging atheist-Scientologist-Satanist coalition. The premise is that the Supreme Court has allowed public bodies to use sectarian prayers to start public meetings. So I have invented a prayer for such occasions. Oh Great Evil One protect us from those who wish to force us to do good.

Despite the fact that the Constitution has been thoroughly ransacked for profit, it’s video games that are ruining the country. On this vital point, the best minds on the left and right agree: “Grand Theft Auto…encourages [children] to have sex with prostitutes and then murder them.”—Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), July 14, 2005. “Every school massacre can be traced…

Chief IO had the following video up in a post. I think it bears repeating. Piers Corbyn predicts a mini-Ice Age for the next 20 to 25 years with this past winter a start to that Ice Age.