Culture

Young Minds Are Undermined by Today’s Fashionable Philosophies 0
- Culture
- August 14, 2018
Rates of teenage depression and suicide in America are rising. Attempts to explain this increase have centered around ideas that are now pervasive in academia and entertainment media: identity politics, victim-culture, the unearned “self-esteem movement,” and the dreaded post-modernism (as it applies to philosophy and the humanities, not the arts). I contend that a lot
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Revered College President Explains What Parents Miss in Preparing Their Children for College 0
- Culture
- August 14, 2018
Packing up the car and taking a kid to college is always hard. Mom holds back tears and worries about the health of her “baby.” Dad checks and rechecks to make sure Johnny has what he needs and knows who to contact if he doesn’t. And then the goodbyes are said and Johnny is left
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A Doctor Explains His Prescription for Happiness 0
- Culture
- August 13, 2018
I was working with a little eight-year-old girl on an assignment the other day when she stopped, looked at me curiously and asked, “Why are you always smiling?” Her inquiry took me by surprise. To be honest, I was tired and still recovering from illness, and didn’t perceive myself as being in the best of
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A Psychologist Explains the 4 Things Gambling Does to Your Brain 2
- Culture
- August 13, 2018
To call gambling a “game of chance” evokes fun, random luck and a sense of collective engagement. These playful connotations may be part of why almost 80 percent of American adults gamble at some point in their lifetime. When I ask my psychology students why they think people gamble, the most frequent suggestions are for
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5 Reasons to Avoid Ad Hominem Arguments 1
- Culture
- August 10, 2018
At Intellectual Takeout we write a great deal on logical fallacies, of which there are many. Of all fallacies, the ad hominem is king (and probably always will be). From the Latin “to the man” or “to the person,” it is a (fallacious) argumentative device that involves attacking one’s opponent instead of rebutting their argument.
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The Trend Suggesting Millennials are Feeling Their Childless Void 0
- Culture
- August 10, 2018
Millennials take a lot of heat for things. They’re rude, we’re told. They’re over-sensitive. They’re irresponsible. They can’t adult. Or so everyone says. But it’s time to take heart because they are excelling in something. According to The Economist, that something is the care of… houseplants: “Interest in houseplants as measured by internet search data
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