Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

The process of evaluating the means by which various organizational objectives can be achieved.  

The age by which half of the individuals in a population have died.  

The average length of a child’s utterances as measured in morphemes.  

Operational meaning.  

The habits or characteristics which a person would like to acquire.  

In statistics, the average. Average value for a group of values. The average of a group of observations calculated by adding their values and dividing by the number in the group. When one or more observations are substantially different from the rest, which can influence the arithmetic mean unduly, it is preferable to use the…

A program that delivers meals to the homebound. Programs that provide to the elderly and infirmed home-delivered meals that meet federally mandated criteria.  

A synthetic hallucinogen methylenedioxymethamphetamine.  

An insanity plea following commitment of a crime. This is based on the concept that a person committing a crime is not responsible for the crime while suffering from a defect of reason from a mental illness rendering him or her unable to know the nature of the act or, if he or she did,…

An appetite suppressant. Mazanor and Sano-rex are brand names. A drug that reduces the appetite and is used in the treatment of obesity. It is administered by mouth and may cause constipation, dry mouth, and insomnia.