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Why Did the Sexual Revolution Happen?0
- Culture
- October 27, 2016
You may wince at the crass behaviour of Donald Trump, roll your eyes at Caitlin/Bruce Jenner’s portrait on the cover of Vogue, or lament the legalization of same-sex marriage — but there is something even more painful about these events. We don’t know how we got here from there. Without sugar-coating the past, a bare
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There’s No Moral Difference Between a Wall and a Migrant Visa 0
- Culture
- October 27, 2016
A large portion of the world’s population lives in conditions that are hard to fathom for people in developed countries. Many of those living in extreme poverty would gladly move to the United States, the European Union or Australia if given a chance. In light of this, how should rich countries design and enforce their
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Are These Strange Star Signals Evidence of Alien Intelligence?0
- Philosophy
- October 27, 2016
Two astronomers from the Université Laval in Quebec say they discovered unusual spectral emanation while studying a set of stars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. In a recently published paper, the authors suggested this “spectral modulation” could be the work of aliens manipulating starlight to contact other civilizations. The signals cannot be caused by
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$180 College Textbook Says Capitalism Makes People Poor 0
- October 27, 2016
Students of sociology at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne are receiving a rather banal message on economics: capitalism is evil. “The basic tenet of capitalism—who gets what is determined by private profit rather than by collective need—explains the persistence of poverty. The primacy of maximizing profit works to promote poverty in several ways. First, employers
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Does a Rape Culture Really Exist on College Campuses?0
- Culture
- October 27, 2016
Many people believe that the nation’s college campuses have become hotbeds of sexual assault. In June, after a student at Stanford University was convicted of rape but given a light sentence, Vice President Joe Biden wrote an open letter to the female victim: You were failed by a culture on our college campuses where one in five
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Why Professors Are Writing Crap That Nobody Reads 18
- Education
- October 26, 2016
Professors usually spend about 3-6 months (sometimes longer) researching and writing a 25-page article to submit to an academic journal. And most experience a twinge of excitement when, months later, they open a letter informing them that their article has been accepted for publication, and will therefore be read by… … an average of ten
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