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Can You Be Certain That Climate Change Is Caused by Man?0
- September 2, 2015
Last September, while in Alaska, President Obama re-emphasized the need to counteract the effects of climate change: “Climate change is no longer some far-off problem; it is happening here, it is happening now. We’re not acting fast enough. I have come here today, as the leader of the world’s largest economy and its second-largest emitter, to
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Houston, Do We Have a System Problem?0
- September 2, 2015
How does a society know when it’s time for a new system? To approach an answer to that question, let’s start with a working definition of a system. Basically, a system is a group of interrelated activities or concepts that form a whole, or, have a common goal. There are natural systems such as the
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Forget Perfecting Humans, Let’s Just Replace Them 0
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- September 2, 2015
Aldous Huxley famously opens Brave New World with a tour of a human hatchery wherein embryos are conditioned to be a part of certain classes of people, designed for specific tasks. Here’s a tease: ‘Guaranteed sterile. Which brings us at last,’ continued Mr. Foster, ‘out of the realm of mere slavish imitation of nature into
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Why Is Everyone’s Stomach Hurting?1
- September 2, 2015
Food sensitivities abound, the colonoscopy business is thriving, and your buddy just gave up beer because it gives him abdominal pain. Seriously, what’s going on?!? The increased incidence of allergies and food sensitivities is mainly confined to industrialized countries. According to the CDC, “food allergies are a growing food safety and public health concern that
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Is Modern Man Suffering from a Lack of Passion?0
- September 1, 2015
It can be tempting to diagnose modern Western society as being hedonistic and intemperate with passion. Many perpetuate this diagnosis on the basis of such symptoms as the loosening of sexual mores, the prevalence of obesity, and the constant search for new forms of entertainment. But according to some modern social critics, it was not
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Can Today’s Schools Measure Up to This Class Schedule from 1918?0
- September 1, 2015
Have you ever wondered how one-room school teachers managed to teach eight grades at the same time, while also managing to give students a pretty high-quality education? The chart below sheds some light on the answer to that question. Published in the 1918 Minnesota Course of Study for Elementary Schools and Manual for Teachers, this
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Can You Be Certain That Climate Change Is Caused by Man?0