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Countdown: Our Most Read Stories of 2016 (25-1)0
- Culture
- December 30, 2016
Yesterday we gave you a quick appetizer of Intellectual Takeout’s top 2016 posts, numbers 50 through 26. Today we bring you Intellectual Takeout’s 25 most read articles in 2016. Looking forward to a great 2017 of rational and reasoned discourse with you, our wonderful audience! 25. 5 Ways to Spot a Psychopath If you
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Blade Runner 2049: The Thinker’s Film of 2017?0
- Culture
- December 30, 2016
I’m always game for a good thinker’s film. The film Memento, starring Guy Pearce as a man suffering from anterograde amnesia who searches for his wife’s murderer, really stands out. It was assembled in reverse temporal order with flashback scenes thrown in at random spots. Don’t check your smart phone during this one, folks. The
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5 of the Coolest Biblical Archaeology Finds from 2016 0
- Education
- December 30, 2016
One of the fun things about reaching the end of the year is the opportunity to be both reminded of events forgotten and alerted to news items that one may have missed. I had the latter experience when I read about a few interesting archaeological discoveries that occurred in 2016. 1. Artifacts from First Temple
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10 New Year’s Resolutions Courtesy of Thomas Jefferson 0
- History
- December 30, 2016
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Study Concludes Women Are Better Doctors Than Men (to Great Applause)0
- Culture
- December 29, 2016
Anyone who takes a college critical thinking course learns about the fallacies or common errors in reasoning. One fallacious form of scientific reasoning is confirmation bias. That is, when someone collects evidence, they immediately interpret it in a way that confirms their prior beliefs or theories. Many of us are prone it, but what is
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Shakespeare the Scapegoat: Sacrificing the Bard on an Altar of Ignorance 0
- Culture
- December 29, 2016
In the aftermath of Trump’s shocking victory, the English Department at the Ivy League University of Pennsylvania called a meeting of its students to discuss the election. This might seem a little odd in itself. What, one wonders, has the election to do with the studying of literature at college? One might see how the
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NPR: Gun Homicides in Chicago Reach ‘Startling Number’0
- Culture
- December 29, 2016
Demarco Webster Jr. didn’t like going outdoors, his father said. Sadly, it’s not hard to see why. In October, the 14-year-old was gunned down while trying to help his father, who was moving, tie a mattress onto a vehicle. Webster was one of more than 700 homicides in Chicago this year, NPR reported Wednesday,
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Friendship: A Powerful Antidote to Racism 0
- Culture
- December 29, 2016
Have you had this happen to you? The topic of racism comes up in casual conversation. Some white person defensively says that he has black friends. He is immediately (and implausibly) denounced. The thinking is that the claim that “some of my best friends are black” is an old canard to cover up…racism. The accused
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Countdown: Our Most Read Stories of 2016 (50-26)0
- Culture
- December 29, 2016
The end of another year is always a great opportunity to look back and reflect. But as many have already noted, 2016 is not the happiest year to look back and reflect upon. In spite of the year’s challenges, we at Intellectual Takeout are thankful for the opportunities we had to discuss the ideas and
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