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...spirituality. Last month, the American philosopher and evolutionary theorist Daniel Dennett provoked more controversy with Breaking the Spell, in which he cast religion in terms of memes - cultural ideas that can spread, mutate and survive in our minds, whether or not they are good for us. Meanwhile in Oxford, England, researchers at the Centre for the Science of the Mind are subjecting volunteers to severe pain to see if religious belief can help them cope with physical suffering. As a developmental biologist at London's University College, and one of Britain's loudest champions of the public understanding of science...
...university,” Hall said. “But one cannot recreate the philanthropic tradition of the U.S. overnight.” The report referred to a ranking of world universities compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, which placed Harvard first and only two European universities, Cambridge and Oxford, among the top twenty. The ranking was cited as one sign that Europe was no longer home to many “leading universities...
...dialogue. Even a casual observer of Saturday’s concert would have perceived a decidedly dovish tenor to the sobering words said on stage. The Iran Freedom Concert at Harvard will be repeated in coming months at other progressive colleges—Duke, Georgetown, University of Pennsylvania, and Oxford. The events are a great sign of increasing student activism and student commitment to open forum. The mantra of the concerts should be a model for students, politicians, and citizens everywhere...
...McCambridge. “They add diversity and highlight the ability we have here to engage in debate.” The concert on Saturday marked the beginning of a series of Iran Freedom concerts scheduled to occur at other colleges, including the University of Pennsylvania, Duke, Georgetown, and Oxford. —Staff writer Kathleen Pond can be reached at kpond@fas.harvard.edu
...McCambridge. “They add diversity and highlight the ability we have here to engage in debate.” The concert on Saturday marked the beginning of a series of Iran Freedom concerts scheduled to occur at other colleges, including the University of Pennsylvania, Duke, Georgetown, and Oxford. —Staff writer Kathleen Pond can be reached at kpond@fas.harvard.edu