Deborah Pardes is the founder of the SIBL Project. SIBL stands for Songs Inspired by Literature.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Clio Cresswell tells Steve Paulson that out of 100 possible partners, you’re mathematically likely to make the right choice if you pick the most attractive person who’s left after 37 dates.
Where are the female scalawags? The lady rogue? Well, Anne Strainchamps set out to find out. She called up Elizabeth Mahon, author of the blog and the book of the same name: “Scandalous Women.”
Memory researcher Daniel Schacter tells Steve Paulson that you can be confident of your memory and still wrong, and explains other tricks our memories play on us.
Amanda Lindhout was kidnapped in Somalia and held for 460 days. She believes the key to her survival and healing is learning to forgive her kidnappers.
The average American voter is NOT smarter than a 5th grader, doesn't understand basic political facts and should probably not be allowed to vote. Philosopher Jason Brennan makes the case for an epistocracy: the rule of the knowledgeable.
Neuroscientist David Eagleman says most of the brain's real action happens below the level of the conscious mind. He calls the brain "a team of rivals," since different parts of the brain compete against each other.
In 2006, Barack Obama was the new darling of the Democratic Party and was considering a Presidential run in 2008.
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