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  • Was Stephen Hawking Really Just a Computer?

    Was Stephen Hawking Really Just a Computer?1

    Stephen Hawking once pronounced that he thought he was little more than a computer and that, because of this, he was unafraid to die. “I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for

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  • The 2nd Amendment Empowers Women More than Lapel Pins

    The 2nd Amendment Empowers Women More than Lapel Pins0

    The 90th annual Oscars were held last week, and as usual, the ceremony served as the perfect opportunity for Hollywood’s most elite to get together and stroke fragile egos. Given the recent explosion of sexual assault allegations as a result of the #MeToo movement, it was no surprise that much of this year’s Oscars virtue

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  • Socialists and Capitalists Alike See No Need to Protect the Traditional Family, Chesterton Argued

    Socialists and Capitalists Alike See No Need to Protect the Traditional Family, Chesterton Argued0

    As we search for common ground in our increasingly divided country, we might be well advised to turn to G. K. Chesterton.  The common ground for Chesterton’s treasured common man was property.  For Chesterton, a good society was one in which property was widely distributed.  Achieving that always elusive goal was the reason that Chesterton

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  • Removing Analogies From the SAT Was a Bad Idea

    Removing Analogies From the SAT Was a Bad Idea1

    When I was preparing for the SAT test in 1996, I had to test myself with several examples of analogies, such as the following question: Bandage: Blood :: a) Cable: Bridge   b) Cast: Injury   c) Fort: Army   d) Dam: River But such preparation is no longer needed for today’s students; the analogies

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  • I Was a Student of Stephen Hawking’s – Here’s What He Taught Me

    I Was a Student of Stephen Hawking’s – Here’s What He Taught Me0

    Like many students of my generation, Stephen Hawking had already had enormous influence on me long before we ever met. When I was hesitating about my A-level choices, it was his book A Brief History of Time that convinced me to continue with physical sciences. In 1994, Hawking and mathematical physicist Roger Penrose gave a

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  • The Gender Pay Gap is Real … but it Has Little to Do With Gender Discrimination

    The Gender Pay Gap is Real … but it Has Little to Do With Gender Discrimination0

    On occasion of International Women’s Day, millions of people marched on the streets of dozens of cities around the world to vindicate women’s rights and denounce gender-based violence and discrimination in all its forms. In Spain, demonstrations were accompanied by a general strike that, according to labor unions, was followed by 5.3 million women. One

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