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  • Why People Fall for Fake History

    Why People Fall for Fake History1

    Students of the modern education system usually receive some version of the following historical tale of the West, aptly summarized by scholar David Bentley Hart: “Once upon a time… Western humanity was the cosseted and incurious ward of Mother Church; during this, the age of faith, culture stagnated, science languished, wars of religion were routinely

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  • Why People Do Evil

    Why People Do Evil0

    • February 8, 2016

    In his TED talk entitled “The Psychology of Evil,” social psychologist Philip Zimbardo utilizes the following, typically flat-to-solid-perspective image from the work of M.C. Escher: The white images are angels; the black, devils. The dual lesson Zimbardo uses the picture to illustrate, in advance of his argument, is this: Not only are good and evil

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  • Why People Aren’t as Moral as They Think

    Why People Aren’t as Moral as They Think0

    Polls show that about seven in ten Americans believe moral values are getting worse. But if you ask most people, they will probably claim to be one of the moral ones.    It’s natural for individuals to think of people as either moral or immoral, but the reality is more complicated. In his book The

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  • Why People are so Crazy for Pokémon Go

    Why People are so Crazy for Pokémon Go1

    Like a lot of America, I’ve just become aware of the Pokémon Go craze. Apparently, the free app was just released on July 6, and its popularity has already led to servers crashing. For those who are still in the dark about Pokémon Go, here’s the gist of it: It terms itself a “location-based augmented

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  • Why People Are Freaking Out Over United Airlines’ Dress Code

    Why People Are Freaking Out Over United Airlines’ Dress Code0

    I arrived in the office this morning to hear that another outpouring of outrage had occurred over the weekend. This time, however, the outrage was not happening on a college campus, as seems to be so often the case, but in a United Airlines terminal. The New York Times explains: “United Airlines barred two teenage

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  • Why Pediatricians are now Treating 35 Year Olds

    Why Pediatricians are now Treating 35 Year Olds0

    It’s no secret that young adults these days are having a hard time growing up. The latest example of this phenomenon? Young people are having a hard time leaving their childhood doctors. The New York Times explains how 26-year-old Lule Rault regularly sees her pediatrician and intends to continue doing so until she finishes her

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