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  • Bioethicist: We Must Have Fewer Children Because of Climate Change

    Bioethicist: We Must Have Fewer Children Because of Climate Change0

    Travis N. Rieder says he doesn’t hate babies. But in a recent article written for The Conversation he does say it’s time to “discuss the ethics of having children in this era of climate change.” The threat is just that serious, he writes: In my work, I suggest that 1.5-2 degrees Celsius warming over preindustrial

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  • 3 Ways Hiking Changes Your Brain

    3 Ways Hiking Changes Your Brain0

    Many people already know that hiking is a healthy exercise that promotes physical and emotional well-being, but now science finally has some evidence that not only is it good for you, it actually changes the makeup of your brain, in a good way. It helps you get rid of your negative thoughts One of the

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  • Why It’s Good For Children to Work Alongside Their Parents

    Why It’s Good For Children to Work Alongside Their Parents0

    I ran across a short video from The Perennial Plate the other day which gave me pause. The video featured a woman named Ana Navarro who operates a ranch in Colorado with the help of her children. As the video shows and Navarro attests, the family does not have a lot of material wealth. Yet

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  • What Most People Don’t Understand About Love

    What Most People Don’t Understand About Love0

    All the problems of the world could be solved if we simply remember that all we need is love. Love! Love is all we need. Is it as simple as John Lennon suggests in his iconic Beatles anthem? The answer is yes. Emphatically, yes! The problem is not with the truth of the mantra but

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  • Univ. of Chicago Faculty Strike Back, Defend ‘Safe Spaces’

    Univ. of Chicago Faculty Strike Back, Defend ‘Safe Spaces’0

    • September 15, 2016

    In August, Intellectual Takeout obtained and published a letter University of Chicago Dean of Students John Jay Ellison sent to students explaining the university’s commitment to intellectual l freedom and inquiry. The letter, which told students not to expect safe spaces and trigger warnings, quickly went viral. This week, several University of Chicago faculty struck

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  • Psychologist: College Students Today ‘Less Resilient’

    Psychologist: College Students Today ‘Less Resilient’0

    “If you can keep your head when all about you   Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,   But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,   Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or being

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