Tell 3 Campaign

This is a really good idea: Why is this important? It’s important because California voted to get rid of marriage rights for our community. It’s important because 29 other states have done the same. It’s important because LGBT people get fired from their jobs just for being who they are, kids get beat up in [...]

Posted by Deb in Community & Activism, Education, Politics, Sexuality on March 7th, 2009 | Comments Off

What Makes People Vote Republican?

or, What Democrats Don’t Understand About Morality This is really fascinating stuff, folks. Read this. Then watch this: And to quote from Jonathan Haidt’s article: Here’s my alternative definition: morality is any system of interlocking values, practices, institutions, and psychological mechanisms that work together to suppress or regulate selfishness and make social life possible. It [...]

Posted by Deb in Academia, Education, Government, Oddly Enough, Politics, Science on October 3rd, 2008 | Comments Off

why kids play with the box instead

This is probably old news to all of you, but it’s good to get confirmation from developmental psychologists that electronic “educational toys” aren’t so educational after all: Old-fashioned retro toys, such as red rubber balls, simple building blocks, clay and crayons, that don’t cost so much and are usually hidden in the back shelves are [...]

Posted by Chris in Education, Fun on November 19th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Getting along: a survival strategy

Well here’s something interesting, and in Newsweek, no less. Getting along, social bonding and using their wits are what helped our ancient ancestors to survive: The realization that early humans were the hunted and not hunters has upended traditional ideas about what it takes for a species to thrive. For decades the reigning view had [...]

Posted by Deb in Academia, Cosmetically Enhanced Vertebrates, Education, Evolution, Science on March 12th, 2007 | Comments Off

I’m going to MIT

…well, to their OpenCourseWare site, at least.  According to a recent article in Information World Review: The entire catalogue of information from 1,800 courses at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will be available free online by the end of the year. Once uploaded, it will represent one of the internet’s most important resources. [...]

Posted by Chris in Academia, Education, Technology on March 5th, 2007 | Comments Off

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