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3 Brain Puzzles You’ll Probably Fail 1
- Culture
- April 21, 2016
The power of the human mind is astonishing. It’s also highly unpredictable. On one hand it is capable of computer-like power; on the other hand, it is at times easily fooled. I’ve always been fascinated by mind puzzles and thought exams that reveal the quirks in human thinking. Below are three puzzles—perhaps you’ve seen one
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Are Parents Being Hoodwinked by the Public Schools?0
- Education
- April 21, 2016
When it comes to public education, parents are quick to condemn the system as a whole, but give a positive rating to their own local schools. As Gallup discovered a few years ago, 75% of parents express satisfaction with their child’s education. Judging from a new survey released by Learning Heroes, that high percentage of
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Progressives Have a Dilemma When It Comes to ‘Gender’0
- Culture
- April 21, 2016
There’s a meme circulating among socially conservative Facebook users that poses what seems to be a fascinating dilemma for progressives: It does seem that the two propositions are logically incompatible with each other, yet both are widely held among progressives. But are they really incompatible? Some radical feminists of the “second wave” that arose in
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Outer Space: Why Have We Heard Nothing?0
- Science
- April 21, 2016
A year ago, Ellen Stofan, a chief scientist at NASA, made a bold prediction on the question of the discovery of alien life in the universe: I think we’re going to have strong indications of life beyond Earth within a decade, and I think we’re going to have definitive evidence within 20 to 30 years
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9 Ever-Relevant Quotes from Machiavelli’s ‘The Prince’0
- Politics
- April 21, 2016
1) “A prudent man should always follow in the path trodden by great men and imitate those who are most excellent.” 2) “One ought to be both feared and loved, but as it is difficult for the two to go together, it is much safer to be feared than loved.” 3) “The Romans never allowed a trouble spot
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Has the Abandonment of ‘Mr.’ and ‘Mrs.’ Helped Create a Culture of Disrespect?0
- Culture
- April 20, 2016
In a recent Slate podcast, a caller posed the following question: “My question is about when professional athletes call the owner of the franchise Mr. (last name). It seems odd to me that grown men would call their boss Mr. Something when they could just call him by either his first name or his full
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