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“Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.” —John Keats, “Ode on a Grecian Urn” (1819) In recent decades, empirical studies…

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Queer Majority

The Angry Activist

06/01/2023
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Damian Emba

I used to be what I now describe as an angry activist. Like many young adults, I was thirsty for social change. I used the rage I felt toward current…

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Psychology

Five Lessons from the Trial of Socrates

01/03/2019
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Logan Chipkin

In 399 BCE, Socrates was on trial on two charges—impiety and corrupting youth. With nearly 2,500 years of hindsight, his self-defense serves as a goldmine of lessons to be learned.…

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Politics

Rhextortion: Misinterpretation by Proxy

04/05/2018
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Oliver Traldi

The other day a friend linked me to a tweet from one journalist to another: “i think you want to be really careful,” it said, “about using language that sounds…

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Beauty Is Truth, Truth Beauty: Aesthetics and the Perception of Accuracy

The Angry Activist

Five Lessons from the Trial of Socrates

Rhextortion: Misinterpretation by Proxy

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