Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

A cell or organism with eight genomes or monoploid sets of chromosomes.  

The principle that if one is confronted with more than one possible solution to a problem, one should choose the simplest. Named after a fourteenth century British Franciscan.  

An ancient way of kissing in Polynesia that involves placing one’s face to the cheek of the other person and smelling his or her skin.  

A federal agency that attempts to assure a safe and healthful environment in the workplace by setting and enforcing health and safety standards. A government agency created to prevent work-related injuries, illnesses, and death. The government agency that identifies occupational hazards and sets standards for safety.  

A specialized area of community health that is concerned with the identification of health and safety hazards related to work and the work environment and with their prevention and control.  

In sociology, the relative social status generally attributed to some occupations.  

Any injury that results from a work-related accident, occupational illness. Any injury that results from a work accident or from exposure to a hazard in the work environment.  

Any abnormal condition, other than those resulting from injury, caused by exposure to environmental factors in the workplace, occupational injury. Any acute or chronic disorder associated with or caused by an individual’s occupation. Any abnormal condition or disorder, excluding injuries, caused by exposure to the workplace environment.  

Health services concerned with the physical, mental, and social well being of people in relation to their work and working environment and with the adjustment of the people to their work and vice versa. Health services concerned with the physical, menial and social well-being of man in relation to his work and working environment, and…

Corporate health education.