Peter Boghossian
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Moral outrage is an ancient emotion that is now widespread on digital media and online social networks. How might these new technologies change the expression of moral outrage and its social consequences?
Procedural irregularities are not 'a sufficient reason to destroy a journal,' famed MIT linguist says.
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If someone publishes an article you don’t like, what should you do? https://t.co/03FpwjGHij #CampusCrazy #colonialism @MrAndyNgo
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As Reed College in Oregon shows, left v left clashes can be equally vitriolic
GOP Leaders Confident They’ll Have Cruelty Necessary To Pass Healthcare Bill
WASHINGTON—Increasingly optimistic that the callousness they required would be locked down by the September 30 deadline, GOP leaders were confident Wednesday that they will have the cruelty necessary to pass their new healthcare bill.
Rickson Gracie: Rule Number One For BJJ Students
Newsletter from Rickson Gracie’s Jiu-Jitsu Global Federation offers wisdom for students training Jiu Jitsu. “When you spar during training, you should minimize your natural talent. By limiting yourself, you may find yourself in much worse situation,
Watch live as Dave Rubin, Bret Weinstein, and Steve Simpson join Harvard University to discuss the current state of free speech in America and American unive...
An op-ed praising 1950s values provokes another campus meltdown— from the deans on down.
A new survey shows that people from across the political spectrum are astonishingly willing to shut down free speech.
Amazon.com: Everything Is Obvious: *Once You Know the Answer eBook: Duncan J. Watts: Kindle Store
Everything Is Obvious: *Once You Know the Answer - Kindle edition by Duncan J. Watts. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Everything Is Obv
The American Soldier-An Expository Review on JSTOR
Publication of The American Soldier constitutes an event of first importance in the world of social research. Although the studies on which the book is based we...
Critics 'should be attempting to refute his ideas. But that would require too much intellectual work.'
A Portland State University professor's academic article “The Case for Colonialism,” is a subject of controversy among students and colleagues.
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Q What to do with professors who write morally unfashionable articles?
A “rescind tenure and terminate employment”
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(2015). The Perilous Whiteness of Pumpkins. GeoHumanities: Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 414-432. doi: 10.1080/2373566X.2015.1099421
Berkeley offers counseling to those upset by a guest speaker. Other students have genuine problems.
Our film discussion screening at Portland State University at the 5th Avenue Cinema with Professor Peter Boghossian, Director Ben Fama Jr., and Producer Mesa...
Judging by social media, most people seem to believe that it's possible to yell at people or insult and ridicule them until they change their minds. Unfortunately, as cathartic as it feels to let out your anger against awful people, this just isn't a