Posted in Ethics, Natural Sciences on Oct 30th, 2008 No Comments »
In connection to the eugenics presentation we saw in G-period, I came across a Slate article that discusses the question Is it dangerous to know too much about your unborn baby’s genetic flaws?
The Slate also links to to articles in the Wall Street Journal (”The Toughest Test”) and in Washington Post (”Fresh Hopes and Concerns [...]
Posted in Emotion, Ethics, Language on Oct 30th, 2008 No Comments »
BBC article: “Me and My Swastika”
“Me and My Swastika” – audio report (29 min)
Swastika on Wikipedia- The section on what the symbol signifies in different religions is particularly interesting.
“The Origin of the Swastika”
Posted in Emotion, Reason on Oct 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
I have been meaning to post this article “Well, Excuuuuuse Meee! (Why Humans Are So Quick to Take Offense)” for a while – finally, here it is!
Posted in Language on Oct 15th, 2008 2 Comments »
Some you may be familiar with advice columns in newspapers. One of the most famous ones and published in many newspapers worldwide, as well as on the web is the column “Dear Abby”.
I thought today’s column was of interest for us in ToK, as it concerns LANGUAGE and cultural specific usages of it.
External Link
Copy of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 14th, 2008 No Comments »
An update on the veil issue in Muslim-secular Turkey:
Generation Faithful: Youthful Voice Stirs Challenge to Secular Turks
Posted in Emotion, Human Sciences on Oct 13th, 2008 No Comments »
I don’t know whether or not you are following the elections in the US. Last week, there were reports of John McCain being booed at one of his own rallies when he stated that Obama was a decent man and that he would fight against him “with respect”. Today, Slate posted an article reflecting [...]
Posted in Natural Sciences, Religion on Oct 9th, 2008 No Comments »
In F-Block today I mentioned a recent controversy in England related to creationist and evolutionist views. If you are interested in reading about this issue, take a look here:
Call for creationism in science
‘Creationism’ biologist quits job
Posted in Emotion, Ethics, Math on Oct 9th, 2008 No Comments »
Since we are studying emotions at the moment, I thought this article would be perfect for sharing with you:
Babies Know Happy from Sad Songs
And here is one quite unrelated to our current studies, but still worth reading:
Mathematical Beauty
Posted in Ethics, Language, Natural Sciences on Oct 6th, 2008 1 Comment »
Slate has published another interesting article – one that perhaps is a good example of what a ToK journal could be like. Be warned – this article is not for the faint-hearted.
Undead Babies: The Retreating Boundaries of Organ Harvesting
Posted in Ethics, Language, Media on Oct 5th, 2008 No Comments »
Well, well, an interesting article on MSN today, entitled
“Is there truth in advertising?” All too intriguingly the article is itself an ad (paid for by DOVE as part of their Beauty campaign). What do you think about this? What do you think about the article and what the writer Nancy Redd says in [...]
Posted in Emotion, Ethics, Religion on Oct 4th, 2008 No Comments »
MSNCB posted a very discussable article today about “parents…peeved about yoga”:
Yoga at School Causes Stress among Some
The article is quite interesting – but please don’t dismiss it as “nonsense” right away. Rather, try to consider why some people might find yoga inappropriate to be taught at school. What WoKs are relevant here? And which AoKs [...]
Posted in Natural Sciences on Oct 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
I recently came across an article that related to the ToK presentation on dinosaurs, discussing that it may be possible in the future to scientifically determine the colour of feathers – and hence get a better insight into what at least the feathered dinosaurs looked like. (You may remember that there were also recent discoveries [...]
