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Scientism Of The First Kind: Science Shows Laptops Distract Students

https://twitter.com/mattstat/status/722028191582445568 Here's the headline. (It's NPR, so don't expect much.) "Attention Students: Put Your Laptops Away". And here's the relevant sad bit: For one thing, research shows that laptops and…

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Putting The Squeeze On Bob Newhart, Duck Dynasty

The culture war continues, with most of the battles still being won by the side which employs its devastatingly effective Shock Shrill Squad (the SSS). Two examples. Heard of Legatus?…

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Reasoning To Belief: Feser’s The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism — Part Last: Skulls Full Of Nothing

Don't Think Read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part Interlude, Part IV, Part V, Part VI. Part Last. Buy the book ($12.92 as of last glance). There is a…

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We Are All Eugenicists Now: New Test Identifies 3,500 Genetic “Faults” In Fetuses — Update

See the crucial update below. I was assured, several times, that my second son was to be my first daughter. The doctors who told me this had performed certain tests,…

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Letter From Student At Behemoth University

Regular readers will remember my "Conversations with myself" series that I began last fall, as sort of a teaching diary while I was a visiting professor at Behemoth University. The…

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University Professors Teach Too Much: Part IV

Read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV. I know there wasn't supposed to be a Part IV, but at the risk of boring you, and since this is…

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University Professors Teach Too Much: Part III

Read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV. Colleges themselves---which, I remind us, are to be separated from research institutes---should be broken in two: traditional college and technical or…

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Nanodots, Kindles, And The Future Of E-Books

US News and World Report reprinted a press release from the National Science Foundation which announced that, "Nanodots Breakthrough May Lead to 'A Library on One Chip'." A researcher at…

Cloudbuster on Guilty People Aren’t Guilty, Innocent People AreAugust 26, 2026
"It is like punishing a snail for leaving a trail of slime." If this is true, it is a powerful…
gareth on A New Kind Of University: Your Comments WantedAugust 26, 2026
I'm not an academic. What you are suggesting seems a good idea. A formalised system akin to a personal letter…
Steve on A New Kind Of University: Your Comments WantedAugust 26, 2026
The calendar on my fridge this month says, "Common sense is like deodorant. The people who need it most never…
Daniel Lemire on A New Kind Of University: Your Comments WantedAugust 25, 2026
It makes sense.
Emmanuel Salva on A New Kind Of University: Your Comments WantedAugust 25, 2026
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