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There is no question that Harvard students need to become more cautious. But the needed cultural change ought to also transcend to a higher level: Authorities might need to suppress their gut instinct to calm and reassure their charges when it comes to crime, and exhortations to caution need to go beyond perfunctory email warnings after break-ins, tiny placards on swipe card readers, and other petty measures. New Harvard students spend hours learning how not to injure themselves drinking and how to prevent sexual assault; a more strongly-articulated reality check on what it means to stay safe...
...comic portrayal of Communist Russia, satire has, throughout history, allowed political dialogue to escape the bog of slippery words and violent duress. This happens because despite half-truths and full-spins, something ancient still exists in us. When the wheels of our minds click onto an illogical idea, we instinctively emit a chuckle. This instinct has prevented many an enslaved people from becoming a damned people—the difference being that enslaved peoples know their enslavement is caused by an illogical madness, while the damned only consider it to be the status quo. The advancement of agendas...
...instinct to kick the Establishment is reflected in the lineup of presenters. One of them is Peter Tatchell, 55, a gay activist who twice attempted a citizen's arrest of Robert Mugabe because of Zimbabwe's treatment of homosexuals. In his first appearance on the Internet channel, he lit up the blogosphere by saying that Mugabe's assassination might be justified if political and legal avenues had been exhausted...
Pinker, who delivered his spiel for starch in characteristic PowerPoint form, introduced a forthcoming book, “The Latke Instinct: Why Latkes are Compatible with Universal Grammar and Human Nature.” The psychologist has penned many bestsellers, including a 1994 book titled “The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language...
...their resumes. Although the implementation of secondary fields is meant to benefit students, members of the Harvard faculty are wary of its traps and downfalls. “I was not enthusiastic about secondary fields because I feared and still fear that it will play [to the] credentialing instinct. Students often feel that the most important thing is not getting an education,” says Harry R. Lewis ’68, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science and former dean of Harvard College. Lewis’s department is excited that secondary fields will attract more students...