Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Marc Smith visits the final stages of Heat 6 in the New Alt Competition Over the past three weeks, we have followed the best of the action from Heat 6 of the New Alt Competition. BLACK (England, Sweden) built a substantial lead by the midway point, but two heavy losses coupled with two big wins…

If you’ve been playing bridge for a while (or sometimes for decades), there comes a point where you don’t feel quite sure how your progress is going right now. It’s a learning curve thing: when you’ve grown used to certain habits and techniques, it becomes hard to tell if you’re actually getting any better at…