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  • Maybe America Was Never ‘Great’?

    Maybe America Was Never ‘Great’?0

    By now all of you have heard or seen Trump’s slogan of “Make America Great Again.” The slogan is a timely attempt to rally the still-patriotic contingent of U.S. citizens who hold to some level of American exceptionalism. But since first hearing the slogan I’ve had a nagging thought lingering in my head: Maybe America

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  • Don’t Be So Fast to Dismiss IQ Tests

    Don’t Be So Fast to Dismiss IQ Tests0

    ‘IQ tests just measure how good you are at doing IQ tests.’ This is the argument that is almost always made when intelligence-testing is mentioned. It’s often promoted by people who are, otherwise, highly scientifically literate. You wouldn’t catch them arguing that climate change is a myth or that vaccines might cause autism. But saying

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  • Can You Pass This Expansive Classics Quiz And Prove Your Mastery Of Literature?

    Can You Pass This Expansive Classics Quiz And Prove Your Mastery Of Literature?0

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  • All Sides Agree: Politics is Strangling Social Science0

    If you thought that the progressive bias in social sciences was considered a problem only by tradition-minded folk, you might be surprised to hear the views of celebrity skeptic, Michael Shermer in Scientific American earlier this year: A 2015 study by psychologist José Duarte, then at Arizona State University, and his colleagues in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, entitled “Political

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  • A Few Reasons Why You Should NEVER Let a Dog Lick Your Face

    A Few Reasons Why You Should NEVER Let a Dog Lick Your Face0

    Being a dog person means a few things. You’re usually pretty carefree and easygoing, you are probably extroverted, and you might occasionally let your dog give you some love by licking your face. I, personally, had always found it a bit weird that people let dogs lick their faces. But after becoming quite close with my

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  • 7 Teachers Guilty Of Sex Abuse Got No Prison Time in Violation of State Law, Newspaper Finds

    7 Teachers Guilty Of Sex Abuse Got No Prison Time in Violation of State Law, Newspaper Finds0

    In 1997, Iowa lawmakers passed legislation requiring mandatory prison time for any educator found guilty of sexually abusing a student. The law was passed after a female teacher found guilty of having sex with a male student avoided time behind bars. A recent analysis by the Des Moines Register, however, suggests that law is not

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