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RATIONALITY | General Education 1066

How can members of a species that discovered symbolic logic and the double helix also believe that the earth is flat and that Hillary Clinton ran a child-sex ring out of a pizzeria? Human rationality is very much in the news, as we struggle to understand how an era with unpreceded scientific sophistication could harbor so much fake news, conspiracy theorizing, and “post-truth” rhetoric. Rationality has also long been a foundational topic in the academy, including philosophy, psychology, economics, mathematics, and government. Part I of “Rationality” covers the nature of...

The Science of Gender and Science: Pinker vs. Spelke, a Debate

http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/debate05/debate05_index.html, displays event video and both PowerPoint presentations in line with text. Pinker slides: http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/debate05/pinker.slides.html Spelke slides: http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/debate05/spelke.slides.html