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Professor: Reality Humans Experience is an Illusion 0
- Science
- June 27, 2016
What we observe with our eyes is real. Humans base much of their conception of reality on this basic principle. But what if we’re wrong? What if what we’re seeing is what we need to believe rather than what really is? According to Donald Hoffman, a professor of cognitive science at the University of California,
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Technology is NOT ‘Neutral’0
- Culture
- June 27, 2016
Very often, when I try to engage people on the subject of technology and its effects on us, I get handed a variation of the following line: “Technology itself is neutral. It’s just a matter of how you use it.” This response is usually intended to stop all further conversation about the possible philosophical and
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Many College Students are ‘Book Virgins’0
- Economics
- June 24, 2016
To gain admittance to college in the 17th century, students had to be able to read and translate various Latin authors on sight. 100 years ago, students were required to have read various classical works before being admitted. Today, however, many American students are being admitted to colleges without ever having read a book from
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Loners Are More Intellectual and Loyal Than Other People 0
- Economics
- June 24, 2016
(Inspired by iHeartIntelligence) Speaking as a loner myself, I can tell you that there is a huge difference between a person who is socially rejected and a person who rejects social interaction. And even though loners often get a bad wrap (I’m assuming because people are upset that they don’t want to be a part of
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Do Republicans have any Credibility on Spending?0
- Economics
- June 24, 2016
I recently had dinner with two friends, both of whom are successful attorneys involved in Republican politics. Conversation turned to the presidency of George W. Bush. When I mildly pooh-poohed the president’s record on spending, I was brought to task. “W had the best record on discretionary spending of any president since Nixon,” my friend
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Britain is leaving the EU – will other countries follow?0
- Culture
- June 24, 2016
The British decision to leave the EU has been a long time in the making, but it does not lessen the shock that many politicians in the UK and across the EU are feeling. While London begins the long process of negotiating an exit from the European Union, some of our attention must now turn
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