Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Let’s Talk About Cards in Space
I think we’re right in the middle of the modern space race. The moon was reached decades ago – so, what next? Our new goals have upped the bar. We’ve reached the moon again, set up an International Space Station, named new planets, discovered new space phenomenon and seen more of what happens on Mars,…
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2019’s Record Scores in ACBL Daylong Tournaments
Continuing our series on top scores in ACBL Tournaments in 2019, we’ll check who are the players who did best in ACBL Daylong Tournaments last year. The ACBL Daylongs are a relatively new addition to the schedule and they have proved hugely successful. Often gathering more than 1,000 players, these games are incredibly hard to…
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The Rubáiyát of Bridge
The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayamm is one of the most poetic texts of all time: Even if you only ever read the book in one of its many translations, the poetry that you’ll find in it is one of very few poetry collections that translate to many languages just fine – and remains just as…
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