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Don’t Blame Lying on the Brain0
- Education
- November 1, 2016
The recent finding that telling lies induces changes in the brain has stimulated a number of misrepresentations that may wreak more harm on our understanding than the lies on which they report. CNN’s headline runs, “Lying May Be Your Brain’s Fault, Honestly,” and PBS reports, “Telling a Lie Makes Way for the Brain to Keep
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Why Sasquatch and Other Crypto-Beasts Haunt our Minds0
- Philosophy
- October 31, 2016
Since the 15th century, and possibly earlier, there have been accounts of hairy, nude and tremendously strong people living in the more obscure corners of the Caucasus. Called ‘Almas’, the creatures are occasionally shot, sometimes domesticated (and, in one case, wed). Across the sunbaked Eurasian steppe and high in the Himalayas, there is the white-furred
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Why Our Culture is So Fascinated by Monsters0
- Culture
- October 31, 2016
I have always wondered why our culture our culture is so fascinated by evil and darkness. When Dante appears on high school reading lists it is always in the form of his Inferno, but never his Purgatorio or Paradiso. One of the biggest educational publishers, Scholastic Books, is known primarily for Harry Potter and The
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The First Known Depiction of a Witch on a Broomstick0
- Education
- October 31, 2016
Via Hyperallergic.com: The visual of the witch on a broomstick is so ubiquitous as to be benign. Before the Wicked Witch of the West or Harry Potter took flight on the spindly cleaning tool, the image first appeared in the 15th century. Two women in marginal illustrations of the 1451 edition of French poet Martin Le Franc’s Le Champion des Dames (The Defender of
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Stephen King’s 6 Favorite Stephen King Movies0
- Entertainment
- October 31, 2016
I rarely, if ever, watch horror movies – unless it’s October. Perhaps it has something to do with the season or Halloween lurking around the corner. Whatever the case, during October I enjoy nothing more than devouring spooky movies of all kinds—psychological thrillers, slasher films, campy B movies, etc. This year I rewatched four movies
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Prof: Most Students Don’t Know Thomas Jefferson was President0
- Culture
- October 31, 2016
As Intellectual Takeout recently noted, Americans are embracing bad government because they don’t know history. If you don’t believe it, just ask Professor Duke Pesta. According to The College Fix, Professor Pesta has long been concerned about the decline of general knowledge in America’s student body, and the informal surveys he conducts suggest there is
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Don’t Culturally Appropriate Halloween—It’s Mine0
- Culture
- October 31, 2016
People across America and beyond will dress up for Halloween on Monday, either to ask strangers for candy or as an excuse to imbibe ample quantities of spirits at a party. But before anyone dresses up, a little attention must first be paid to ensure proper Halloween protocols are observed. First, as Yale University made
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A Case Against Frumpiness6
- Culture
- October 31, 2016
In case you missed the memo, yoga pants are now one of the sacred elements of self-expression which must not be condemned. At least, that’s what Alan Sorrentino recently discovered. According to the Providence Journal, Sorrentino wrote a letter to the editor suggesting that yoga pants aren’t always the most flattering choice of dress for
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Why Lying is So Easy for Some People0
- Culture
- October 28, 2016
Have you ever wondered how it is that some people lie with such ease? A recent academic study confirmed what might seem an obvious truth: lying becomes easier the more one does it. “When you lie or cheat for your own benefit, it makes you feel bad,” Sophie van der Zee at the Free University of
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