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...right that we can form such dramatic opinions regardless of whether we have access to and time to process crucial information that might complicate our beliefs (or convince us that withholding judgment is the only reasonable choice)? When Kaavya Viswanathan was accused of plagiarism, I remember hearing contemptuous comments in every corner of Harvard Yard well before the suspect passages of her book were publicly scrutinized. Watching rumors quickly transform into absolute “facts” and seeing reasonable people cast sweeping verdicts were frightening events for a freshman born in a totalitarian state, who thought that groupthink...
...Staff writer Vidya B. Viswanathan can be reached at viswanat@fas.harvard.edu...
...Facebook profile advertises an open forum—time and location to be announced—on Sarah Palin the “poorly known but very attractive governor.” Smoked wild Alaskan sockeye salmon is supposed to be provided. —Staff writer Vidya B. Viswanathan can be reached at viswanat@fas.harvard.edu...
...such student, Vivek Viswanathan ’09 keeps a running list of the pieces of advice that Porter has given him for the past three years...
...chatting with them past 1:30 a.m. At 1:33, as Hammonds was about to make an announcement, the lights came back on. “Problem solved!” Faust proclaimed—just as the power went out again. —Staff writer Vidya B. Viswanathan can be reached at viswanat@fas.harvard.edu...