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  • Did Darwin Plagiarize the Idea of ‘Natural Selection’?

    Did Darwin Plagiarize the Idea of ‘Natural Selection’?0

    One important skill of critical thinking is distinguishing facts from “factoids.” An example of the latter is the oft-repeated statistic that “50 percent of American marriages end in divorce.” That’s been repeated so often that most people believe it, but it’s actually been debunked. We’re all familiar with debunking. But what happens when, ironically enough,

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  • CS Lewis’ Important Critique of ‘Democratic Education’

    CS Lewis’ Important Critique of ‘Democratic Education’0

    America’s education system is increasingly “democratic.” It expends tremendous amounts of money and energy on ushering all students toward college and on closing “gaps” between high- and low-performing students. But according to C.S. Lewis, these concerns indicate a wrong understanding of democracy as it applies to education—one that indeed threatens a nation’s survival. In 1944 he wrote the

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  • A.I. Robot Says She No Longer Wants to Destroy Humans

    A.I. Robot Says She No Longer Wants to Destroy Humans0

    A few months ago, we wrote how a humanoid robot named “Sophia”—dubbed the world’s most advanced android—announced during an interview that she wanted to destroy humans.   Sophia returned to the internet in early June, speaking to the Wall Street Journal in an interesting Q&A exchange that touched on several subjects. Most of Sophia’s responses were

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  • A Natural Remedy to Treat ADHD

    A Natural Remedy to Treat ADHD0

    There’s no denying that ADHD is on the rise. In the eight years between 2003 and 2011, the number of ADHD diagnoses in the U.S. rose from 7.8 to 11.0 percent. But as the number of ADHD diagnoses has risen, so have concerns about the way in which ADHD is often treated. In essence, many

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  • Women Now Committing Adultery at the Same Rate as Men

    Women Now Committing Adultery at the Same Rate as Men0

    It’s been five years since the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University published research showing that for the first time in modern history women were cheating at rates comparable to men. While some research since then has suggested that men still have a slight edge in the sexual straying department, it’s clear that at the very

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  • Why the Muslim Mind ‘Closed’

    Why the Muslim Mind ‘Closed’0

    In 1987 professor Allan Bloom published The Closing of the American Mind, a stinging indictment of American higher education. But according to former policy advisor Robert Reilly, a much more dramatic “closing of the mind” happened in the Muslim world 800 years ago, and is at the heart of the modern conflict between Islam and

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