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Science in a World Built for Alchemy 0
- Science, Culture
- March 25, 2024
I like to think of myself as a logician. A rational, critical thinker ready to discard any idea when new information presents itself. Behind the facade though, there was always a passing interest in the arts. Literature in particular, but I still remember the first time I sat in a room with an orchestra playing.
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How Our Culture of Artificiality Is Destroying Objective Reality 3
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy
- March 22, 2024
I believe it is possible to have common sense “educated” out of you, whether by formal schooling, by one’s culture, or both. When I was studying literature in college, professors would deride any literary interpretation that smelled of an “essentialist” view of morality, gender, race, or reality. What they meant by this fancy term (which
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We Shouldn’t Be This Invested in a Presidential Election 1
- History, Politics
- March 22, 2024
The reality of a Trump-Biden rematch has provoked a torrent of weeping and gnashing of teeth in the mainstream media. One article after another had declared the 2020 redux as the matchup Americans “don’t want” and are “least excited about,” with one pollster describing it as a “cruel joke.” All of this consternation highlights one of the
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Friday Comic: Family Shopping Trip 0
- Entertainment
- March 22, 2024
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On the ‘Times’ Machine: A Trip Into ‘The New York Times’ Past 1
- Culture, Featured, History
- March 21, 2024
For my birthday this year, one of my sons gave me an unexpected gift. The brown box, rectangular and less than 2 inches wide, contained another slightly smaller box, black and classy, which in turn contained a complete and original copy of the Thursday, March 1, 1951, New York Times, the newspaper from the day
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Who Is Dividing Americans? And Why?6
- Featured, Culture, Politics
- March 20, 2024
In a podcast interview with Jordan Peterson, country musician and internet sensation Oliver Anthony expressed puzzlement over the divided state of America. “We’ve gotten to a point where it’s easier for us to try find differences and faults in each other instead of similarities,” he began, before offering a corrective: “We all hold much more
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