Posted in Human Sciences, Politics on Mar 31st, 2009 2 Comments »
As we were reading “Female Rulers and Their Consorts” I mentioned to you that one example of women leaders becoming social males was that of Margaret Thatcher and her lowered voice. You can find more information about her and about the importance of voice pitch in politics here:
Margaret Thatcher’s Vocal Changes
Male and Female Voices in [...]
Posted in Ethics, Natural Sciences on Mar 25th, 2009 No Comments »
Cloning Pets
Human cloning: Laws
Posted in Natural Sciences, Religion on Mar 24th, 2009 No Comments »
I came across this BBC article today:
“Dividing Science by God”
….relating to “The Science of Believing” New York Times article from recently. It asks some good questions, although I think the NYT article still tops it….
Posted in Arts, Natural Sciences on Mar 23rd, 2009 4 Comments »
Not sure where they fit in, but these are too cool not to share: Inside Art
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Posted in General on Mar 19th, 2009 4 Comments »
The film that came up in G-Period:
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…yes, I’m posting this because I think you should watch non-Hollywood, non-mainstream cinema.
It using some interesting cinematographic techniques, e.g. a blurry image for a part of the film, close-range (rather than wide-shot) image, both to give the viewer an experience of what the protagonist perceived after his stroke. [...]
Posted in Ethics, Sense Perception on Mar 17th, 2009 No Comments »
Religious Belief and End-of-Life-Treatment Choices: New Study Findings
Have the Eyes Had It?: How reliable are eye-witness reports?
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 17th, 2009 2 Comments »
Illuminating Examples of Memory’s Whimsy and Bad Taste
Posted in Human Sciences, Language, Natural Sciences, Sense Perception on Mar 12th, 2009 3 Comments »
We will be discussing the article “The Egg and the Sperm” tomorrow, but here are a few pre-class reflection questions:
1) What are the stereotypical male/female traits? Identify and write them down.
2) Do the textbooks examined in the study reflect any of these stereotypical traits?
3) Does your biology textbook (whether from IB Biology or from lower [...]
Posted in General on Mar 12th, 2009 No Comments »
Questions to choose from for your upcoming essay (due March 23, 2009):
Number of words: 1200-1600.
1) We are more likely to be mistaken in our generalizations than in our particular observations.” Do you agree? (May 2003)
2) “What distinguishes Areas of Knowledge from one another is not how ideas are generated, but how they are evaluated.” Do you agree? [...]
Posted in Emotion, Ethics, Technology on Mar 11th, 2009 2 Comments »
A number of articles you mind find interesting:
Since we have been talking about belief and superstition in relation to the “Darwin’s God” article, this piece on Elf Detection 101 struck me as rather intriguing.
I also came across “Tag, You’re It“, which reminded me of the G-Block presentation on “The Human Circus”.
And finally, a piece that is [...]
Posted in Arts on Mar 9th, 2009 No Comments »
TED is a cool place to check out. It’s an annual conference, full of ingenious ideas.
Last year we watched Sir Ken Robinson speak on how Schools kill creativity, lamenting, with a great sense of humour, how art, making mistakes and other creative endeavours are reduced to a minimum in our society.
We also watched a dance [...]
Posted in Ethics, Language, Natural Sciences on Mar 9th, 2009 No Comments »
Today, Obama lifted the ban on stem cell research – a highly contentious issue:
The Stem Cell War
There is also The IVF Battlefield.
Still involving children (though not in their embryonic form) and somewhat less controversial, there is also the heated discussion on whether forward phasing strollers might impede a child’s language learning. Yes, I know, that’s [...]
Posted in Ethics, Human Sciences, Natural Sciences on Mar 4th, 2009 1 Comment »
Some more articles you might find interesting to peruse:
In a Helpless Baby, the Roots to our Social Glue: Here’s an article for those of you who take IB Anthropology.
Ethics Quandary at Harvard Medical School: Should universities receive funding from pharmaceutical companies?
Posted in Ethics, Language, Natural Sciences on Mar 4th, 2009 No Comments »
Restricting IVF
Abortion? Don’t Mention It
Posted in Human Sciences, Natural Sciences, Religion on Mar 4th, 2009 2 Comments »
Darwin’s God
