Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Milestones
Two milestones this week. Firstly the blog I started in mid 2005, originally named Irish Corruption and later renamed Public Inquiry, is a finalist in the Best Political Blog category at the Irish Blog awards. I blogged on there consistently for the first year or so before handing the reins over to my uncle Anthony.…
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Facebook moves the goalposts
For all the Facebook users out there: You hereby grant Facebook an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to (a) use, copy, publish, stream, store, retain, publicly perform or display, transmit, scan, reformat, modify, edit, frame, translate, excerpt, adapt, create derivative works and distribute (through multiple tiers), any…
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Prieur du Plessis on Ireland
Prieur du Plessis on Ireland: I am spending the next few days in Europe on a short business trip. First stop is Dublin where the temperature is icy, the mood is dour, property prices are plunging, the queues for jobless claims are five hours long, the soon-to-be-unemployed are holding protest strikes, and the banks are…
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Walking the Gap of Dunloe
I went with some colleagues to walk the Gap of Dunloe and Black Valley in Co Kerry last Saturday. I did tweet some of it, but we were soon out of coverage. I took my trusty 20D along too, here are some of the results: More below the fold:
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What Would Google Do?
I just got my hands on a review copy of Jeff‘s new book. I am still in the middle of reading Cyburbia and Here Comes Everybody, so Jarvis comes after. I have been reading Jeff regularly since 2001, so I’m looking forward to reading the book.
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Saving Soweto
It made for harrowing al Jazeera viewing on a Sunday afternoon. Harrowing, but real. I include the two clips below. I should warn that some of the scenes are graphic and disturbing. This episode deals with the Burns Unit at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, the largest hospital in the world. It also, and…
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The cat's bed
Bella returned from a walk today a little the worse for wear, as you can see. On being told to get into bed, she decided to collapse in a heap on Pudding’s bed. Clearly, Bella does not fit into the bed of a cat, but she didn’t seem to mind. I think Puds might.
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Brian Cowen's speech February 5 (audio)
Everyone is abuzz and I don’t know why. Here is the audio. h/t Maman
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Brian Cowen's speech in Wordle
The audio of his now infamous Dublin Chamber speech is here. I meant to upload this yesterday: Interesting how Lenihan’s own Budget speech also used “Government” so often. The audio of his now infamous Dublin Chamber speech is here.
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How your brain creates God
Related to the post below on the intuitiveness or innateness of religious belief is this article from New Scientist. Some interesting notes: The origin of religious belief is something of a mystery, but in recent years scientists have started to make suggestions. One leading idea is that religion is an evolutionary adaptation that makes people…
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