Here’s the latest edition of Mini-Heap—10 recent items from the frequently updated Heap of Links. Feel free to discuss.

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1. “But surely all the training and practice in thinking things through clearly makes philosophers immune to the kind of self-serving motivated reasoning that everyone else succumbs to?” — er
2. The first episode of Season 2 of the terrific Hi-Phi Nation is out — it’s on “demographic inevitability, the midlife crisis, and how we seek happiness in the face of our approaching death.”
3. More than just grade inflation — the problems with grading at American colleges
4. “It seems to help me think when things are just on the edge of what I can normally handle.” — a philosopher describes his experience taking a “smart drug”
5. The Philosophical Rasika Report — where grad students should go to study Indian philosophy
6. The lies and the truth about “sex, love, and the aging woman” –Martha Nussbaum (Chicago) in the NYT’s The Stone
7. GLAUCON: Now that we have determined the nature of justice, education, and proper governance, is it finally time for us to go home? /  THRASYMACHUS: We have left out the most pernicious evil that can be visited upon a citizenry. — Plato on political correctness
8. The favorite Twitter feeds of philosophers who themselves have at least 1000 Twitter followers — if you don’t already, follow Daily Nous
9. “Rather than looking for the knock-down argument against X, let’s focus on what may be promising in X and to supply the missing premise or distinction.” — Eric Schliesser on helping others improve their arguments
10. “Waiter, there’s a beetle in my soup” — a philosopher creates a video game based on soup and Wittgenstein