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...there’s no one there at all,” said Professor of Psychology and the senior author of the study Daniel M. Wegner. But the findings, published in the Feb. 2 issue of the academic journal Science, modify the view that minds are judged on a continuum from greater to lesser, revealing instead that they are evaluated based on assumptions about the individual’s ability for doing, in combination with his or her capacity to feel sensations like hunger and pride. The authors of the study suggest that their findings conform to classical theories...
...motivation behind these improvements, Lentz says that “the study, conservation, and appreciation of these works is fundamentally important in the continuum of art history—and our own ability to serve students, faculty and the community...
...effort to maintain scientific credibility for their publications, editors have increasingly insisted on disclosure of the funding sources and individual intellectual contributions of medical authors. From such disclosures it quickly becomes apparent that much “research” is simply a feature of a broad continuum of pharmaceutical and medical device promotion. The research is designed and processed by industry; the FDA accepts the selective data; the audience of prescribing physicians is primed with a beautiful array of advertisements and educational promotion; the “thought leaders” among physicians are paid to lecture and influence...
...topics in a variety of ways.” So, basically, this means that Profs can teach about whatever interests them, from popular Japanese legends (see: “The Tale of Genji”) to broad, sweeping genres that attempt to cover the entirety of the space-time continuum (“Galaxies and the Universe”). You can rub elbows with Nobel Prize winners such as physicist Roy J. Glauber and star professors like Louis Menand in an intimate setting and, if you’re lucky, may even manage to score a Spring Break fieldtrip...
...most important ideas of 20th century physics, relativity and quantum theory, were known to be fundamentally incompatible. Quantum theory describes the universe as intrinsically discontinuous: energy, for example, can come in bits just so small, but no smaller. Relativity treats time and space and gravity as a smooth, unbroken continuum. Each theory has its purposes, and they usually don't overlap. But when dealing with very large masses or time periods that are infinitesimally small, like the core of a black hole or the first moments after the Big Bang, neither quite works...