Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Bridge is one of the best forms of mental exercise in the world. I’m glad that playing bridge doesn’t need to involve running, jousting, or tackling (at most clubs). The mental workout from bridge is more than enough for me, thanks. What else do you do to exercise your mind? Any mental exercise is good…

What are some of the most unusual card decks you’ve seen so far? If you can imagine it, there’s a playing card deck for it. Bargain bins, second-hand sales, and thrift stores of the world all hold incredible playing card-related finds. There are playing card decks of serial killers, but also playing card decks of…

Marc Smith visits the Grand Final of the Australian National Open Teams For a rare change, we step away from the Alt events this week to see the best of the action from a real, live, face-to-face event. We are in Adelaide, South Australia for the Grand Final of the 2021 Australian NOT. It was…