Dr. Matthew Wion
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April 1st is a good day to remember the importance of Critical thinking. People will try and prank you, fake articles will be posted. Pause, reflect, think critically, check sources. And then ... carry that over into the other 364 days.
27/03/2019
07/05/2018
Professor Shares Cinco de Mayo History - Southwestern College News Center What comes to mind when you hear “Cinco de Mayo?” If you’re not acquainted with the celebration, you might know that it’s some kind of Mexican holiday and it means May Fifth in Spanish. But for Latinos at Southwestern College and Mexican Americans throughout the United States, Cinco de Mayo ...
22/04/2018
A Lesson In How To Overcome Implicit Bias Starbucks plans to close 8,000 stores for an afternoon to give employees racial bias training. Will it work?
22/04/2018
Sharia 101
NEW EPISODE: The concept of sharia has been around as long as Islam has. So why in recent years has it become such a scary word for some Americans, even sparking protests?
We find out why it's not what you think it is. Get a tutorial on Sharia 101 on our latest show: https://bit.ly/2HfmATO
(Photo: Andy Herbon | Flickr)
19/04/2018
I'm curious, any thoughts on this? Is she "right on" or cray? Please only comment if you read the piece.
Let's Give Chivalry Another Chance It's been unfairly maligned as sexist, but women and men alike would benefit from bringing it back.
19/04/2018
To Age Well, Change How You Feel About Aging Negative stereotypes about getting older can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. A few simple strategies can improve your mind-set—and well-being.
18/04/2018
Meaning vs. Happiness
There's more to life than being happy Our culture is obsessed with happiness, but what if there's a more fulfilling path? Happiness comes and goes, says writer Emily Esfahani Smith, but having meaning in life -- serving something beyond yourself and developing the best within you -- gives you something to hold onto. Learn more about the...
17/04/2018
Are some pleasures superior to others? Or all they all the same? The Debate rages on.
Why Scientists Are Battling Over Pleasure The question of whether the benefit from viewing a da Vinci is different from enjoying a visit to Pornhub or McDonald’s is dividing psychologists and neuroscientists.
A history of the income tax
10/03/2018
The Mind Of The Village: Understanding Our Implicit Biases A culture of racism can infect us all. On this week's radio show, we discuss the implicit biases we carry that have been forged by the society around us.
09/01/2018
Why I am a Feminist
Why I Am A Feminist : An Interview with Simone de Beauvoir (1975) Author of The Second S*x and The Ethics of Ambiguity, groundbreaking philosopher Simone de Beauvoir gave an hour-long interview on French television in 1975....
02/01/2018
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‘Last Jedi’ Is 2017’s Box Office Winner in a Women-Led Year The year’s three most popular movies in North America were driven by female characters: “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “Wonder Woman.”
23/10/2017
What Happens Inside a Dying Mind? Science cannot fully explain near-death experiences. What makes people believe they visited heaven?
16/10/2017
Would Plato Allow Facebook In His Republic? | Issue 122 | Philosophy Now Jenni Jenkins argues, probably not.
12/10/2017
How David Hume Helped Me Solve My Midlife Crisis A search for the Eastern roots of the Western Enlightenment
29/09/2017
Today is traditionally viewed as the birthday of Confucius, who would be 2568 and had excellent taste in hats.
03/09/2017
Eid al-Adha: Muslims Around the World Celebrate Holy Festival The Feast of Sacrifice, or “big Eid,” is one of the two major religious festivals of Islam.
28/08/2017
A Day In The Life Of Rosemarie, Getting A PhD On Death At Age 93 Morning She wakes early, usually at 6 a.m., and fetches the newspaper. A morning without Sudoku is not a morning wort...
12/08/2017
What it really means to ‘seize the day’ ‘Seize the day’, we are told – but how exactly do we do this? Fiona Macdonald talks to the author of a new book about how carpe diem can be reclaimed.
24/07/2017
How Friendships Change When You Become an Adult “We need to catch up soon!”
22/07/2017
Why Don't More People Want to Donate Their Organs? Around 21 Americans die each day waiting for transplants. What's behind the reluctance to posthumously save a life?
18/07/2017
What to make of NDEs?
The Silly Science of Near-Death Experiences There's no way to prove whether or not someone's had an out of body experience, but that hasn't stopped scientists from trying to study the phenomenon.
18/07/2017
Mercenaries are back in fashion.
Bringing Back Mercenaries, In A Big Way Private military contractors have spotted an opportunity as America’s longest war grinds on.
16/07/2017
Dr. Matthew Wion on Twitter “I am convinced that only a world-view that faces suffering and death head on, neither avoiding or sugarcoating it, can be true & meaningful”
25/06/2017
Learn about Sikhs
10 things to know about Sikhs There are upward of 700,000 Sikhs in the U.S. Yet they remain largely a mystery to most Americans and are targets of hate crimes. It’s past time to learn that their culture represents the best of American ideals.
24/06/2017
Sick Around The World In the debate over health care, what might the U.S. learn from the successes and failures of five other capitalist democracies?
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