Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Marc Smith visits the TampAlt Qualifying event Last week, we saw the action from the early rounds of the qualifying event for TampAlt. A 12-match Swiss Teams with the top eight teams advancing to the main event, we now check out events as the final qualifying places are decided. As usual, we start with a…

I’ve spent the bulk of a three-day period trying to figure out why my keyboard suddenly thinks that an O is the letter 6. That’s not the worst of it. The letter I has become number 5. The letter J is the number 1. It’s like the computer’s keyboard has transformed into a Ouija board,…

I love seeing card tricks done well. But more than this, I sometimes love seeing card tricks go badly. Card magic takes a lot of practice to get right. Even then, it doesn’t mean every card trick you do will be flawless. Sometimes, it doesn’t matter how much you’ve rehearsed it before that point, things…