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5 Ways To Spot a Psychopath 0
- Culture
- April 26, 2016
Every now and then you’ll meet a person who throws you for a loop. You might think they’re insane, maybe sociopathic or simply a narcissist – maybe a combination of all three? Sometimes it can be hard to tell when you’re dealing with one of these predators of the social world. They’re nothing like the
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How Your New Devices Can Spy on Your Every Move 0
- Culture
- April 26, 2016
We now have dozens of smart devices in our houses and even on our bodies. They improve our lives in so many ways – from lowering energy consumption in our homes to egging us on to be active. But these smart devices respond to whatever commands they are given: we’ve had security experts demonstrate how cars can be hijacked
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A 1st-Century Roman Teacher on How to Raise a Genius 0
- Culture
- April 26, 2016
We often marvel at the handful of students who get top ACT scores and land scholarships at Ivy League universities. And with good cause, for it seems the number of geniuses these days are few and far between. But could we have a lot more “geniuses” in this country than we realize? That seems to
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Can You Pass This 8th Grade Spelling Test from 1904?1
- Culture
- April 26, 2016
With the rise of spell check and auto correct, we’ve let instruction in spelling go to the wayside. But in 1904, proper spelling was an absolute must if one wanted to move on to high school. The following quiz is taken from a Boxwell-Patterson examination booklet. Are you smarter than an 8th grader in 1904?
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Why Death Today Has No Meaning 0
- Culture
- April 26, 2016
The most famous work of the German sociologist and philosopher Max Weber (1864-1920) is undoubtedly The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. But one of his most oft-quoted statements comes not from this book, but from an essay titled “Science as a Vocation,” in which he describes the modern world as “disenchanted”: “The fate
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Are Men Just Better at Math and Science Than Women?0
- Culture
- April 26, 2016
In early 2005, Harvard President Lawrence Summers suggested that innate differences between men and women might be responsible for under-representation of women in math and science departments at elite academic institutions. The comment set off a firestorm and led to Summers’ ouster the following year. A few months after Summers’ comments, a pair of Harvard
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