Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

A feeling of gladness or extreme excitement.  

In epidemiology, all subjects are classified in some category of the classification scheme for the variable.  

A method of habit breaking in which the undesirable response is allowed to occur without reinforcement until it disappears, extinction; toleration method.  

Pertaining to any reaction in which energy is released.  

The maximum level of exercise to which the body responds favorably. The amount of physical activity that can be done under supervision before exhaustion.  

A three-phase individualized exercise program, training; conditioning. An exercise schedule usually intended to increase the physical fitness of a previously sedentary individual who has recently had a serious illness such as myocardial infarction, or who is physically fit and wants to know the amount, frequency, and kind of exercise necessary to maintain fitness. The prescription…

A drug preparation containing a small amount of a narcotic substance that can be purchased legally in some states without a physician’s written prescription.  

In labor relations, employees whose rate of pay or position in the organization exempts them from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Free from oversight or supervision by any regulation or authority.  

In law, an incompletely performed contract. A contract to be completed sometime in the future.