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The delivery service to fix your brain
Science, Maths & Technology

The delivery service to fix your brain

...system we have our cargo which in the future could be interchangeable, but we have started with a special molecule which we believe could be effective in treating a number of problems in the brain. Nicknamed the “miracle grow for the brain”, we are aiming to transport therapeutic cargoes which have been linked to repair and growth of new brain cells. More on the brain...
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The nature of history
Education & Development

The nature of history

...think it odd that it should be so dull, for a good deal of it must be invention”: exclaimed Catherine Morland in Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, when discussing history. I hope to demonstrate to you and Miss Morland in this often quoted outburst (most famously in E.H. Carr’s book, What is History?) that these prejudices and fears are groundless. I am biased but I...
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Why Study Philosophers?
History & The Arts

Why Study Philosophers?

...think that if that is all it takes to be a philosopher then we are all philosophers. This seems to me an altogether happy conclusion: we all do philosophy at least some of the time. To put things another way, philosophy is an activity, rather than a body of knowledge. What kind of activity? Thinking. What kind of thinking? Here there does not seem to be any hard-and-fast...
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How afraid of death are we?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How afraid of death are we?

...thinking about death also increases our nationalistic bias, makes us more prejudiced against other racial, religious and age groups, and leads to other such parochial attitudes. Taken together, these dozens of studies show that being reminded of death strengthens our ties to the groups we belong to, to the detriment of those who are different from us. Reminders of death...
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Plato, opinions and the statues of Daedalus
History & The Arts

Plato, opinions and the statues of Daedalus

...think that knowledge is more valuable than true opinion? This is one occasion on which Socrates breaks with his usual habits and offers an answer. Opinions, he says, are like the statues of Daedalus. Meno, understandably, asks what he means. You may have heard of Daedalus – a mythical inventor associated with the island of Crete. Perhaps the best-known story about him...
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Volunteering in the community
Education & Development

Volunteering in the community

...think critically about evidence, and come to reasonable, balanced decisions. No legal qualifications are required to become a magistrate, but appointees are given thorough initial and ongoing training and the support of a legal advisor in court. Emily is keen that the magistracy should include people from a range of backgrounds and skillsets; “the more people in the...
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Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work
Society, Politics & Law

Carrying out research for policy and advocacy work

...think there are other aspects to access to justice, beyond the importance of advice and representation, that are additionally important. One of those is the work of reforming the law so that when that individual comes to navigate the justice system, they find that they can understand the basic rules in play, that their rights under it are meaningful, and that the system...
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Can design by committee work? Making a case for open source design
Science, Maths & Technology

Can design by committee work? Making a case for open source design

...think before rushing to declare the rise of “open-source architecture,” “open-source university,” “open-source democracy” and so on. [A convention held in a stadium] You can elect a presidential candidate with a massive committee - why can't a smaller group design a user interface? The Challenges Scratching an itch By going open-source, coders are fulfilling a...
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