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Unfortunately, Attention Spans Are Getting Shorter 0
- History
- June 21, 2016
Human beings today now have a shorter attention span than a goldfish. That’s what a study conducted by Microsoft last year found. A goldfish loses focus after nine seconds. In our age of smartphones, however, the average person today can only focus for eight seconds. That’s a dramatic change from 2000, when the average human
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Relativism and the Danger of Half-Digested Shakespeare 1
- Education
- June 21, 2016
This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. Shakespeare – Hamlet (sic) These words from arguably Shakespeare’s greatest play were quoted
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Why Your Memory Is Not Nearly As Good As You Think It Is 0
- Education
- June 21, 2016
False memories have gotten a lot of attention lately with the documentary series “Making a Murderer.” The series chronicled Steven Avery, a man falsely imprisoned for 18 years on the word of eyewitness testimony. The eyewitness testified that she was positive that Avery was the man who had raped her. Later, DNA evidence proved that
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Should ethics professors have to behave ethically?0
- Culture
- June 21, 2016
This is an enduring dilemma in the area of ethics and one that has recently come to light with charges of unethical behavior brought against a prominent philosopher, Professor Thomas Pogge of Yale University. Pogge has been accused of manipulating younger women in his field into sexual relationships, a charge he has strenuously denied. Without making any judgment on
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Getting a Permission Slip to Access the American Dream 0
- Economics
- June 21, 2016
The question of income inequality has become of one the most pivotal issues of modern politics. There are many elements that contribute to the income inequality question but a central theme among them is the fact that the “haves” are usually very skilled at keeping what they have from the “have-nots.” One form of keeping
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Choreless Generation Doesn’t Want Summer Jobs 0
- Culture
- June 21, 2016
I got my first summer job around age 11 when my elderly neighbor asked me to weed her garden. As I advanced through middle and high school, that once a month money-making enterprise expanded into bigger and better paying jobs – and more dealings with the general public. While such an experience may seem like
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