New York Times Article on Emotions
Posted in Emotion, Natural Sciences on Nov 30th, 2008 No Comments »
….discussing, in part, the genetics of emotions and to what extent they can also be controlled:
The Cool Factor: Never Let Them See You Sweat
Archive for November, 2008
An Article to Peruse
Posted in Emotion, Ethics, Religion, Science, Uncategorized on Nov 26th, 2008 No Comments »
California’s Proposition 8
Here’s a Thought….
Posted in Human Sciences, Politics, Religion on Nov 26th, 2008 6 Comments »
Two academics, Richard N. Rosecrance and Ehud Eiran, make the interesting proposal that Israelis and Palestinians should become Europeans – that is, should join the European Union. The article does not say where the authors are from, though the first name seems to be Jewish, and the second either Jewish or Arabic (I tend towards [...]
Protected: IB Syllabus: Section on Reason
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Fallacies Handouts
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 24th, 2008 No Comments »
Fallacies Handout
Fallacies Exercise
Letter Responses to New York Times SAT Article
Posted in Human Sciences, Media, Reason on Nov 24th, 2008 No Comments »
In a recent post I linked to a New York Times article discussing the value of SAT exams. This morning the newspaper published some letter responses from readers, which provide some food for thought.
Inferences Assignment
Posted in Reason on Nov 21st, 2008 4 Comments »
Look at the statements below.
If the statement is definitely true (based on only the information provided) mark T.
If the statement is definitely false (based on only the information provided) mark F.
If there is not enough information, and you cannot decide, then mark U.
Incident in the store
The old man had just turned off the [...]
Glori is pretty cool
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 18th, 2008 10 Comments »
In an article entitled “The Test Passes, Colleges Fail” Peter Salins explores the following question: Do SATs predict (college) graduation rates more accurately than high school grade-point averages? An interesting question without doubt, given the fact that the actual value of the SAT is frequently challenged.
For us, the article also pays careful attention to methods [...]
Another Post on Bias
Posted in Human Sciences on Nov 18th, 2008 No Comments »
Some time ago I posted a link to tests (Harvard Test and University of Chicago Test) that allow you determine your subconscious racial bias. Today the New York Times published a related article, discussing test results and making some interesting points:
“In Bias Test, Shades of Grey”
Rationalism and Related Arguments
Posted in Reason, Science on Nov 18th, 2008 No Comments »
Today we discussed Rationalism as part of our exploration of the Way of Knowing of reason. It is late evening (I am almost headed to bed) and I am doing some reading for my MA dissertation in a book that explores research methods in applied linguistics and considers the “paradigm war” between quantitative and qualitative [...]
Yes, Another One…
Posted in Politics, Religion on Nov 12th, 2008 No Comments »
I know you are starting to get sick of me tonight, but you have my permission to ignore any of my posts that are not of your interest. I actually have several more intriguing articles, but I will resist – except that I couldn’t with this one asking “So When Will a Muslim Be President?”. [...]
Palin, Africa and Other Hoaxes
Posted in Media on Nov 12th, 2008 No Comments »
Martin Eisenstadt from the Harding Institute (photo from NY Times).
Over the past few days there was a rumour circulating on the web that the Republican Vice presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, apparently did not know that Africa was not a country. Today, The New York Times published an article entitled “A Senior Fellow at the [...]
The Wacky and Weird World of Natural Sciences
Posted in Emotion, Ethics, Language, Natural Sciences, Reason on Nov 12th, 2008 2 Comments »
When discussing inductive reasoning in the natural sciences in F-period today, I mentioned an experiment I had read about the other day on certain types of sea sponges that conduct light to their interior. Interestingly, the article even mentions that the experiment was based on previous observations.
I also happened to stumble across another article with [...]
Death and Dot Earth
Posted in Ethics, Language, Natural Sciences, Religion on Nov 10th, 2008 No Comments »
Intriguing, brain cell stimulating articles of the day:
“When the Deity Knows You’re Dead”: The question raised is, how do different religions define death? How do we know when someone is dead? (Opposite the usual “When does life begin question” – though it does relate back to the entry I posted on Organ Harvesting, except that [...]
Can TV Make You Pregnant?
Posted in Media, Natural Sciences, Psychology on Nov 7th, 2008 2 Comments »
After the presentation of Ernesto and Steffan on “Gossip Girls”, discussing to what extent such TV programmes may influence our behaviour, I mentioned I had read an article on a related topic. I strongly recommend that you read the comments added by readers also, as they raise interesting issues, including the difference between causation and [...]
Food for Thought: Various Interesting Articles from Slate and NYT
Posted in Politics, Religion on Nov 7th, 2008 No Comments »
(Photo by Annie Tritt for the New York Times
Two articles, related to religion (but on rather distinct topics):
Among Young Muslims, Mixed Emotions about Obama
Does Religion Make You Nice? Does Atheism Make You Mean?
Three Interesting Articles
Posted in Emotion, Natural Sciences, Sense Perception on Nov 2nd, 2008 1 Comment »
“The Unappreciated, Holding Our Lives in Balance (“Sensory Heroes”)”: Related to Sense Perception.
“What? Me Biased?”: Links to a test that allows you to determine your unconscious bias.
“Fly Me to Deity”: An article on science and religion, reflection on the first space (unmanned) space mission to the moon by a nation that worships the satellite as [...]
