October 2017 For years, as a party trick, I have asked people which city has more daylight over the course of the year, clouds aside, Miami or Boston. Very few get it, but the correct answer is that they both have the same amount of daylight. In fact, every place on earth has the…
Category: Social Issues
How do we avoid “Fake News”?
October 2016 In September 2016 the non-partisan Pew Research Center conducted a survey among more than 4,000 members of its panel and found that ”…the vast majority of registered voters (83%) … think that it is the news media’s responsibility to fact-check political candidates and campaigns. Nearly two-thirds (65%) say it is a major responsibility,…
There’s more than one kind of intelligence
October, 2015 The eighth graders at Boston Latin School were given IQ tests. They didn’t tell us the results but years later, in the 11th grade, our homeroom teacher left our student files on his desk when he left the room and we immediately opened them up and found our scores. My score was 141, which…