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Saturday, July 08, 2006

The Newly Revised Mind: A plea for realism and temperance...

Matthew James Mansini, a frequent commenter to posts here at the BBB, now has his own blog. I appreciate the content and spirit of his post today, titled A plea for realism and temperance...

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At Wed Jul 19, 06:41:00 AM, David Ker said...: What happened to Matthew's blog?

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