Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

I happened to spot the Japanese word for salt in an issue of Popular Mechanics Magazine the other day. An hour later, while switching on the kettle for a cup of coffee, I had forgotten what it was. Here’s how the Japanese word for salt ended up taking over an entire day. It was still…

Marc Smith visits the knockout stage of Alt Mixed V Just four teams advanced to the knockout stage of Alt Mixed V. The round robin winners, ALPERTS (USA, Italy, Colombia) would start with a 10.1-IMP advantage over the other surviving American-flagged team, WILSON (USA, Sweden). In the other semi-final, SILLA (Norway) began 6.1 IMPs ahead…

Knowing how to ask the right questions and answer them is key to improving your chances on any bridge hand, be it as declarer or as defender. I’ll give you a hand along with a series of questions. First, try to answer them yourself, and then take a look at the answers.  At the end…