Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Movies like Independence Day, District 9 and Mars Attacks! tells us that final contact with extraterrestrials is probably inevitable. There’s an entirely serious branch of the UN that deals with the possibility of contact and outlines several plans for the way forward – but what if mankind’s plans for extraterrestrial contact involved contract, too? Here…

Marc Smith visits the final of the 2019 BBL Gold Cup The British equivalent to America’s Spingold or Vanderbilt, but played over the course of a whole year rather than a single week, the Gold Cup has been held annually since 1932. This year’s final, played over eight 8-board stanzas, pitted ALLFREY (the 2014 winners)…

December is the traditional time for giving. In addition to the time and money that might be donated to charity when the year comes to a close, you might want to end this year (or start the next one) by doing something cool for your bridge club too. Here are a few suggestions.   1.…