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Why Do We Think The Working Class is Less Intelligent? Image by Pete Wright
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Essays Society & Culture 

Why Do We Think the Working Class Is Less Intelligent?

October 5, 2017June 3, 2020 Heather Cazad 2 Comments Community, Inequality

Traditional methods of measuring IQ suggest that a correlation exists between intelligence and social class. This outdated view of intelligence, among other social and environmental factors, perpetuates a stigma and enlarges a widening intelligence gap.

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Elvish Has Been Spoken for Centuries In This Small Swedish Community Image by John Ottosson
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Ideas Society & Culture 

Elvish Has Been Spoken for Centuries in This Small Swedish Community

November 11, 2016August 28, 2020 Jeffrey Howard 0 Comments Community, Language

Experts estimate that one language goes extinct every 14 days. When a language dies, we lose history, culture, and a unique way of viewing the world.

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How to Keep Jews Jewish by Being More Like the Amish
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How to Keep Jews Jewish by Being More Like the Amish

November 11, 2016August 28, 2020 Daniel Winchester 3 Comments Community, Essential Reading, Judaism

A Jewish version of Rumspringa offers a proactive and holistic approach for developing religious identity in youth, while respecting individual autonomy.

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An online publication focused on human flourishing, we believe that art, culture, technology, and ideas matter as much as they empower individuals and communities to live well.

 

“Pragmatism, on the other hand, asks its usual question. ‘Grant an idea or belief to be true,’ it says, ‘what concrete difference will its being true make in anyone’s actual life? How will the truth be realized? What experiences will be different from those which would obtain if the belief were false? What, in short, is the truth’s cash-value in experiential terms?'” — William James

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