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Michael Liccione

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  • Is It Time to Stop Bashing the Liberal Arts?

    Is It Time to Stop Bashing the Liberal Arts?0

    With college tuition and student-loan debt at all-time highs, it’s fashionable to bash “the liberal arts.” The standard complaint, and the point of many jokes, is that majoring in such subjects as literature, philosophy, and history doesn’t develop skills marketable enough to generate a decent “return on investment.” Even President Obama has beaten that drum.

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  • Study: Teaching Kids Philosophy Makes Them Smarter

    Study: Teaching Kids Philosophy Makes Them Smarter0

    Does teaching younger children philosophy make them smarter? A “large, well-designed study” conducted by the Education Endowment Foundation suggests that the answer is yes. As Quartz reports: “Nine- and 10-year-old children in England who participated in a philosophy class once a week over the course of a year significantly boosted their math and literacy skills,

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  • Unhappy? It Might Be a Sign of Intelligence

    Unhappy? It Might Be a Sign of Intelligence0

    We’ve all either heard or posed the question: If you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich? But a more appropriate question might be, If you’re so smart, why aren’t you happy? An article last month in the business section of The Atlantic tackles that question in an interview with Raj Raghunathan, author of If You’re

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  • Is Depression Even More Biological Than We Think?

    Is Depression Even More Biological Than We Think?0

    For a long time, mental illness was widely misunderstood and stigmatized. What was actually epilepsy was believed to manifest demonic possession; women who were really schizophrenics were cast out as witches. And the many people who were mired in what was once called “melancholy,” and is now called “clinical depression,” were often believed to be

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