Posted in Observations on Dec 22nd, 2007
After my recent discovery that Barnes and Noble no longer maintains a separate category for philosophy in its bookstore at Friendly Shopping Center I mused about the likelihood of its competitor, Borders, following suit. Just yesterday I happened to stop off at Borders to pick up a few things while on my way to [...]
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Nobel laureate James Watson’s racially biased remarks, which he made during an interview he gave to the Sunday Times in London Oct 14th, while shocking, inflammatory, and scientifically unsubstantiated are disappointing but not altogether surprising. Prejudice, it seems, is not daunted by intelligence or factual data. The famed biologist’s comments underscore an [...]
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