Facts Don’t Win Arguments: The Backfire Effect
Opening Insights: Renouncing Erroneous Opinions I may be wrong in regard to any or all of them; but holding it a sound maxim, that it is better to be only sometimes right, than at all [...]
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American Idiot: Rethinking Anti-intellectualism in The Age of Trump
Opening Insights: Anti-Thinking Age An Open Democracy article by Nicholas Baer, dated August 28, 2017, highlights the realities of the growing anti-expert, anti-intellectual climate that has taken hold of the U.S. and world. The article highlights [...]
Why Mark Zuckerberg SHOULD NOT BE the Next President
Opening Insights: No Value for Morals and Ethics A New York Post article by John Crudele, dated August 27, 2017, voices a concern that many people have over the political aspirations of certain successful millennials, [...]
All Clear for the Decisive Trial of Ecstasy in PTSD Patients
Opening Insights A Science article written by Kai Kupferschmidt, dated August 26, 2017, highlights the growing desperation of scientist to find fast-acting, evidence-based solutions to mental health problems. The article examines the use of psychotropic drugs [...]
Google Issuing Refunds to Advertisers Over Fake Traffic, Plans New Safeguard
Opening Insights A Wall Street Journal article written by Lara O’Reilly (and contributed to by Alexandra Bruell), dated August 25, 2017, highlights the imploding digital ecosystem, that appears to be becoming increasingly unpredictable, unmanageable and [...]
Letter from God – By Paul Harvey
Opening Insights Paul Harvey Aurandt (September 4, 1918 – February 28, 2009), better known as Paul Harvey, was an American radio broadcaster for the ABC Radio Networks. He was a famous news broadcaster and commentator. [...]
Panelists Highlight Role of Truth On Eve of Inauguration
Opening Insights A Cornell Daily Sun article by Gloria Lee, dated August 24, 2017, speaks of a panelist discussion on "Universities and the Search for Truth." "The faculty panel explored the University’s role in communicating [...]
Wal-Mart Applies for Patent for Blimp-Style Floating Warehouse
Opening Insights A Bloomberg article by Matthew Boyle, dated 18 August 2017, highlights the growing development and positioning of the corporate battle between retail giants - Wal-mart and Amazon. As we examine the innovation and [...]
Is Coffee King?
Opening Insights Drinking coffee has become more than a norm, if has become a trend. According to E-Imports.com 2016 Coffee statistics show: The average person in the United States drinks 3.1 cups of coffee per [...]
Anger Rooms are All the Rage. Timidly, We Gave One a Whack
Opening Insights A New York Times article written by Penelope Green, dated August 9, 2017, highlights the growing problem of anger within our society and the creative, yet concerning way some people are attempting to [...]
Google Could Face a $9bn EU Fine for Rigging Search Results in Its Favor
Opening Insights In 1984 George Orwell wrote: Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. The realities of the fight for dominance within the technology arena continue to be [...]