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‘Chatting with dolphins by 2021’: Why it’s not going to happen 0
- Philosophy
- June 8, 2017
Every couple of months comes a story about some animal that has been trained to talk. But a little research always reveals that the animal involved might be able to learn to put a few words together but never that it communicates the way humans do. Hoover the seal could say, “Get outta here!”; Blackie
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5 Reasons Latin is the Great Equalizer 1
- Culture
- June 7, 2017
Latin is experiencing a rousing comeback in the last few years, a fact which Intellectual Takeout has wholeheartedly endorsed. After all, when research shows that learning Latin dramatically boosts the math, science, and reading proficiency rates of schoolchildren, who can help but admire the dead tongue? One of Latin’s proponents is Bill Clausen, a department
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In U.S. Universities, a Divorce Is Needed 0
- Culture
- June 7, 2017
For a century or so, U.S. universities have been an adornment of American culture, and indeed of world culture, but, with notable exceptions, only in the sciences. Bright people have flocked to the USA from all parts of the world to study, research, and teach in physics, chemistry, biology, other physical and life sciences, and
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Charles Murray Interview: On Trump, the chaos at Middlebury, and America’s greatest threat 0
- Culture
- June 7, 2017
American Enterprise Institute scholar Charles Murray will be speaking at Intellectual Takeout’s upcoming gala, an event that will be livestreamed on Facebook at 7 p.m. this Thursday. A Harvard graduate who received his PhD in political science, Murray is the author of nearly 20 books, including his controversial bestseller The Bell Curve. A recipient of
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Why Governments Shouldn’t Even Fund Schools 1
- Economics
- June 7, 2017
Education reporters frequently make the claim that government ought to fund and operate educational institutions because schooling is a public good. However, since schooling fails both conditions required for a public good to exist, schools should not be publicly operated. Schooling is Not a Public Good According to the economic definition, a public good is
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Gallup: 81% Don’t Think Americans Have Good Moral Values 0
- Culture
- June 7, 2017
In recent days, Gallup has released a variety of assessments on the state of religion and morality in America. The chart below is one such example. Although framed in a positive light – that a majority of Americans believe religion is a potential answer to the problems we face as a nation – that number
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