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…kill him. Today’s Science Times devotes itself to all things Darwin. His 200th birthday is 2 days away! My personal favorite, Carl Safina’s essay entitled Darwinism Must Die So That Evolution May Live takes a stab at bursting the bubble of the cult of Darwin. ‘We don’t call astronomy Copernicism, nor gravity Newtonism. “Darwinism” implies […]
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Many know this, but before I went to Cambridge, I had no idea. NPR ran a story yesterday on Darwin’s hero-status in Britain, especially in light of how contentious he is on this side of the pond. They visit Darwin College, and speak with a few Church of England clergy. Listen here >>
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Intelligence researcher and Cambridge author James Flynn has a fresh batch of interesting research results, as reported in several papers. Flynn’s research famously shows rising IQ scores from generation to generation (the Flynn Effect). Flynn believes these changes to be environmental. Well, amongst teenagers in Britain, it’s dropped on last generation. What does this mean […]
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Karen Greenberg of NYU published two groundbreaking books with us: The Torture Papers and The Enemy Combatant Papers, both legal records of US treatment of “detainees” and enemy combatants since 9/11. Greenberg was scheduled to be interviewed on The Daily Show last year, but the writer’s strike started that very day, putting the show in […]
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Cambridge author John Hagan’s research recently produced Darfur and the Crime of Genocide, which examines a 2004 US State department survey of the Darfur region. The results of this survey were never applied. His extensive work applying criminology to genocide won him the 2009 Stockholm Prize in Criminology. ‘In 2003-5, John Hagan pioneered the application […]
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Oxymoron? Hardly. According to Richard Bronk, the Romantic Economist diversifies, remains responsive to change, and doesn’t assume thing will go on as they have in the past. And yes, he realizes that if you try to buy a car with Deutschmarks, they won’t accept your currency.
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Carol Gilligan, David A. J. Richards
By Carol Gilligan and David A. J. Richards: The remarkable manhood of Barack Obama suggests he is as forward-looking on issues of gender as on issues of race, transcending old categories and inviting new understanding and debate.
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Canadian field rep Pam describes the joys of making sales calls in the winter. I can't help but liken Bob's experience last week, caught in the crush with thousands of other "Blue Ticket" holders, with that of driving down the single plowed lane of a Toronto expressway.
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…kill him. Today’s Science Times devotes itself to all things Darwin. His 200th birthday is 2 days away! My personal favorite, Carl Safina’s essay entitled Darwinism Must Die So That Evolution May Live takes a stab at bursting the bubble of the cult of Darwin. ‘We don’t call astronomy Copernicism, nor gravity Newtonism. “Darwinism” implies […]
Read More
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Many know this, but before I went to Cambridge, I had no idea. NPR ran a story yesterday on Darwin’s hero-status in Britain, especially in light of how contentious he is on this side of the pond. They visit Darwin College, and speak with a few Church of England clergy. Listen here >>
Read More
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Intelligence researcher and Cambridge author James Flynn has a fresh batch of interesting research results, as reported in several papers. Flynn’s research famously shows rising IQ scores from generation to generation (the Flynn Effect). Flynn believes these changes to be environmental. Well, amongst teenagers in Britain, it’s dropped on last generation. What does this mean […]
Read More
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Karen Greenberg of NYU published two groundbreaking books with us: The Torture Papers and The Enemy Combatant Papers, both legal records of US treatment of “detainees” and enemy combatants since 9/11. Greenberg was scheduled to be interviewed on The Daily Show last year, but the writer’s strike started that very day, putting the show in […]
Read More
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Cambridge author John Hagan’s research recently produced Darfur and the Crime of Genocide, which examines a 2004 US State department survey of the Darfur region. The results of this survey were never applied. His extensive work applying criminology to genocide won him the 2009 Stockholm Prize in Criminology. ‘In 2003-5, John Hagan pioneered the application […]
Read More
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Oxymoron? Hardly. According to Richard Bronk, the Romantic Economist diversifies, remains responsive to change, and doesn’t assume thing will go on as they have in the past. And yes, he realizes that if you try to buy a car with Deutschmarks, they won’t accept your currency.
Read More
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Carol Gilligan, David A. J. Richards
By Carol Gilligan and David A. J. Richards: The remarkable manhood of Barack Obama suggests he is as forward-looking on issues of gender as on issues of race, transcending old categories and inviting new understanding and debate.
Read More
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Canadian field rep Pam describes the joys of making sales calls in the winter. I can't help but liken Bob's experience last week, caught in the crush with thousands of other "Blue Ticket" holders, with that of driving down the single plowed lane of a Toronto expressway.
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