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...racial bias or a misunderstanding of statistics - or dreams. Morewedge and Norton quote one of the most famous modern studies to demonstrate our collective folly, from a paper written by psychologists Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman that was published in Science in 1974. In that paper, Tversky and Kahneman discuss an experiment in which subjects were asked to estimate the percentage of African countries represented in the U.N. Before they guessed, a researcher spun a wheel of fortune in front of them that landed on a random number between 0 and 100. People tended to pick an answer that wasn...
...however, with parents seeming to worry more than ever about what it takes to raising a smart, decent kid, Harris's message may even sound reassuring. The 10th anniversary edition of her book hits bookstores Feb. 24. TIME's Kathleen Kingsbury caught up with the New Jersey grandma to discuss whether parents still don't matter, why her theory didn't catch on in 1999 and the future of helicopter parenting and the kids it produces...
...Wyeth Hall dorms were bulldozed in summer 2007 to accommodate a new academic complex on Mass. Ave. Associate Vice President for Harvard Real Estate Services James Gray stated that plans for Law School building developments in the North Yard would not affect local businesses, but he was reluctant to discuss Three Aces’ closure. “We generally don’t make comments about business relations with individual tenants,” he said. —Staff writer Shan Wang can be reached at wang38@fas.harvard.edu...
...Recently commissioned by the Carpenter Center of Visual Arts to create an installation that incorporates the building, the only North American structure designed by architect Le Corbusier, Pope.L has created a performance piece and exhibition in the Carpenter Center. The Crimson sat down with Pope.L to discuss his thoughts on masculinity, the role of arts in a liberal arts education, and “Corbu Pops,” his upcoming Carpenter Center installation.The Harvard Crimson: Give us an overview of your initial ideas for this exhibit and how the Carpenter Center became its home.William Pope.L: I was invited...
...This weekend, in the wake of Veltroni's departure, Democratic leaders will gather in Rome to discuss the way ahead. The party has no real strategy to take on Berlusconi, and no real new ideas to fix Italy. Perhaps it's time to think the unthinkable and hope that Renzi cuts the line again...