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Every single one of the students interviewed for this story reject popular conceptions that their interest in politics is selfishly motivated—some with greater gusto than others...
...Steven Pinker were redesigning Harvard’s core curriculum, all undergraduates would have to read three philosophers—Descartes, Locke, Rousseau—and then reject much of what they learned. In The Blank Slate, released last month, MIT’s renowned cognitive psychologist plies the tools of his discipline to dispel pervasive myths about human nature. The book’s title comes from Locke’s famous belief that a baby’s mind is a “blank page” bereft of knowledge about the world. For Pinker, this utterly...
...TIME: You reject the idea that your mission will decide between war and peace. And yet you have a substantial element of discretion to determine whether or not Iraq is complying. It will be up to you to determine whether a locked door, a traffic jam or a missing scientist that hampers an inspection will be reported to the Security Council as a violation. What guidelines will...
...hopping vampires and fornicating goddesses are easy to accept or reject as exotic obscurities. More troubling are the souls, of movie characters we think we understand, that reveal darknesses we?d never seen, at depths we?d never dared plunge...
...Tawfiq Mathlouthi has rolled out Mecca-Cola in outlets across France, Belgium and Germany just in time for Ramadan. In the wake of a CNN report, 5 million more provisional orders poured in from the Middle East. "The goal is not to compete with another soft drink, or to reject an American one," says Mathlouthi. Instead, he pledges that 10% of his profits will go to Palestinian charities. Coca-Cola is unlikely to be too philanthropic toward Mecca-Cola, whose logo seems familiar. Coca-Cola representatives say they're "looking into" any similarity. But the company is famous for defending...