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  • The Real Reason Students Should Study Philosophy

    The Real Reason Students Should Study Philosophy0

    Isn’t philosophy supposed to help people live well, not just exercise the mind? That was the ancient view. The evidence is clear that exposure to philosophical questions, ideas, and dialogue at an early age improves academic outcomes generally, and in particular cultivates the skills needed for reasoned dialogue. (Intellectual Takeout has posted several pieces to

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  • The Real Reason Many People Recoil From Political Correctness

    The Real Reason Many People Recoil From Political Correctness0

    Scrolling through Twitter recently, I came across a person questioning why so many are opposed to “political correctness.” The tweet conflated the dreaded PC with being polite and having respect and compassion, and expressed confusion as to why so many people were opposed to the concept. Strangely enough, I absolutely agreed. That is to say,

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  • The Real Reason for the Uber Gender Gap

    The Real Reason for the Uber Gender Gap0

    • November 26, 2018

    In a recent article, Cody Cook, et al. examine a detailed dataset covering more than a million Uber drivers. While the difference in earnings by gender among Uber drivers is large, “we are able to completely explain the pay gap with three main factors related to driver preferences and learning: returns to experience, a pay

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  • The Real Reason for the Anti-Trump Demonstrations

    The Real Reason for the Anti-Trump Demonstrations0

    The anti-Trump demonstrations we now see in the streets are not just examples of the immaturity of many modern secular liberals, who seem to think that everyone else is somehow obligated to agree with them. They’re also a symptom of the distorted influence politics now exercises over our culture. But in addition to being a

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  • The Real Reason Feminists Don’t Like ‘Princesses’?

    The Real Reason Feminists Don’t Like ‘Princesses’?0

    If you’re like me, you’ve probably had a chuckle now and then over little girls who run around with pink gowns with a tiara topping their tousled hair. But as author Jerramy Fine explains, the princess persona has been much maligned in a culture which discourages “girly” femininity, and instead encourages girls to do everything

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  • The Real Questions You Should Ask Your Economics Professor

    The Real Questions You Should Ask Your Economics Professor0

    “Students are commonly told that Jesus was amenable to socialism because he favored the sharing of wealth. But in fact, he taught personal responsibility, voluntary charity, and doing good from the heart, not from someone else’s wallet.” “The only thing new in the world,” President Harry Truman famously said, “is the history you do not

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