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Pop Spirituality: Why Heaven And Earth Can Never Meet

Natasha Dern | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

Read More: The Inner Life, New Age Spirituality, Esoteric, Religion, Mind.Body.Soul, Wisdom, Knowledge, Soul, Health, Ego, Body, New Age, Natasha Dern, Mind, Spirituality, Spiritual Practice, Living News
Natasha Dern

As more and more people mastered New Age terminology, frivolous concepts entered the marketplace -- becoming the opium of choice for escaping the realities of daily life.

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Knowledge as Regurgitation: Thinking Skills as Wisdom

Robert Rose | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Regurgitation, Wisdom, Knowledge, Public Education, Thinking Skills, Internet, Teachers, Politics News
Robert Rose

How can we move from regurgitation of knowledge to thinking skills and wisdom? We can no longer just disseminate our knowledge of the past, but need to teach our students how to deal with the complex problems of the present and future.

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Why Academics Should Blog (Redux)

Hugh McGuire | Posted 12.26.2008 | Media

Read More: Knowledge, Publicsphere, Academic, Writing, Academia, Blogging, Discourse, Ideas, Media News
Hugh McGuire

Academia should be a vanguard of our understanding of the world. It's a place where people have the time and space to think about the shape of the world, the source of some of the ideas that transform us.

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Obama's Other Great Legacy: Death of the Beer Vote

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ignorance, Science, Education, Obama, Knowledge, US Education, Creatisonism, Evolution, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

About 20% of adults in the United States believe the sun orbits the earth. We come to these sad statistics because we lost our quest for intellectual excellence.

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What We Don't Know Can Hurt Us

Margee Ensign | Posted 11.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Environment, Education in America, Knowledge International, Russia, Arabic Speakers, Skills, Inability to Communite, International Issues, Globalization, Iraq, Current Generation, Csi, American Students, Global Issues, Culture, Education, Knowledge, Academic, Cnn, Sarah Palin, Foreign Language, Entertainment Tonight, Soft New, International Ignorance, Ale Castellanos, Living News
Margee Ensign

Unfortunately, Sarah Palin is not alone in her global ignorance. Our colleges and high schools are not doing what's necessary... the current generation isn't gaining understanding of other cultures.

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