Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

I’ve always thought that being self-taught at certain skills is a great thing to be able to say. Self-education holds many advantages: The student learns their chosen skill at their own pace, and gets to pick their skill from a list of thousands. It’s up to you what you would like to learn, and how…

The number 13 is integral to calculating the table odds at a game of bridge. With every player holding 13 cards in their hand at the start of the game, you’ll always think of the number somehow when calculating the suit distributions (or high-card points) for what’s to come. To the average bridge player, the…

Marc Smith returns for the conclusion of Alt NewCo-2 Over the past two weeks, we have seen the best of the early action from the second heat of the Alt NewCo (New Competition). When we left after seven matches, the team captained by Sylvia Moss had built a substantial lead at the top of Group…