Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

A deck of playing cards seems like a simple thing at first glance. With four suits and fifty-two cards, the card deck rivals thousands of tabletop and board games that are competing for our time. We could choose a game of Call Of Duty or Unreal Tournament for this week, but games played with a…

I don’t remember much of a fuss about card decks while growing up. But like I’d imagine other bridge players can say, we had a couple of Bicycle card decks around the house. With my aunt visiting, we’d play versions of Snap and Go Fish. While my parents weren’t looking, we’d sneak in Poker or…

There’s a large, cumbersome elephant in the card room (and it might be one of the most harmful things to bridge as a whole). I think it could be time to consider mentioning it, before we have a stampede. It’s not cheating. It’s not doping. It’s stereotyping of the bridge player in their various forms.…