Real learning & genuine critical thinking give students a chance for serious exploration of complicated intellectual problems, the gift of time in an institution where curiosity and discovery are the source of meaning. https://t.co/temYycUkAy
— Phil Oliver (@OSOPHER) February 25, 2018
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The ‘Learning Outcomes’ racket uses the language of the capitalist marketplace and speaks to our students as customers rather than fellow thinkers. They deserve better. https://t.co/temYycUkAy
— Phil Oliver (@OSOPHER) February 25, 2018
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Here's what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey.
— Kurt Vonnegut (@Kurt_Vonnegut) February 23, 2018
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‘My heart breaks for these families.’ — Here’s how NRA-backed congresspeople responded to questions about gun violence pic.twitter.com/RhmapC7D5v
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) February 19, 2018
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#OTD 1951, André Gide died. Two days later, a telegram signed by him arrived at the Sorbonne: "Hell doesn't exist. Better notify Claudel." (Claude tried unsuccessfully to convert Gide to Catholicism.)
On that note, here's a #readinglist on existentialism: https://t.co/qTRMDKlaQN pic.twitter.com/ez3DT3czxU
— Five Books (@five_books) February 19, 2018
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Every country contains mentally ill and potentially violent people. Only America arms them: https://t.co/2G7t9qzEVZ pic.twitter.com/gWDY8DhK7y
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) February 17, 2018
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Evidence collected over many years, obtained from many locations, indicates that the power of Prayer is insufficient to stop bullets from killing school children.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) February 16, 2018
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In the rest of the world, there have been 18 school shootings in the last twenty years. In the U.S., there have been 18 school shootings since January 1–35 days.
— Jeff Greenfield (@greenfield64) February 14, 2018
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Charles Schulz's last Peanuts-Feb.13, 2000 https://t.co/gWMiC7sn3S via @GoComics
— Phil Oliver (@OSOPHER) February 13, 2018
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Okay, have fun with that.
— Phil Oliver (@OSOPHER) February 13, 2018
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