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Tag: opinion
Opinion editor’s opinion: First make them laugh, then make them think”
‘One of my favorite quotes that guides my writing, by the creators of the Ig Nobel Peace prize, is “First make them laugh, then make them think.” It’s not enough that we simply feel a certain way about an issue.’ —Brianna Stanley, upon becoming the new opinions editor of the Kentucky Kernel, the University of […]
Justin Bieber’s opinion on the Big Bang – inconsequential, or not? (new study)
“The vast majority of scientists believe that humans have evolved over time (98%; Pew Research Center, 2015). However, recent public opinion polls indicate much more variability in the views of the general public; only 65% of Americans (Pew Research Center, 2015), 61% of Canadians (Angus Reid Public Opinion Polls, 2012), and similar amounts of British […]
Newspapers now in the future
Newspapers today, as prognosticated by T. Baron Russell in 1906 in his book A Hundred Years Hence: the regeneration of the newspaper will be forced upon the newspaper-office by the development of public intelligence.… a well-informed public will resent obvious garbling or clearly unfair selection. The newspaper reader will no longer (as now) want only […]
Old dinosaur beliefs: What’s new?
The dinosaur news from Texas contains little that’s new. The Texas Tribune reports, on February 17, 2010: Nearly a third of Texans believe humans and dinosaurs roamed the earth at the same time, and more than half disagree with the theory that humans developed from earlier species of animals, according to the University of Texas/Texas […]