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Rene Girard on religion
2. The ten most brilliant people in the world?
3. A blog on innovation, via Chris F. Masse.
4. The new campus trend?: faculty moderates.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on September 20, 2006 at 05:39 PM in Religion | Permalink
Comments
Girard:
This revelation of collective violence as a lie is the earmark of Christianity. This is what is unique about Christianity. And this uniqueness is true.
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You don’t have to approve of Charlemagne converting the Saxons by force or the Crusades to be a good Christian.
I am unimpressed. If rejection of collective violence is the key innovation of Christianity a good Christian would have to condemn forcible conversion.
Posted by: Mike Linksvayer at Sep 20, 2006 6:32:54 PM
Re: The ten most brilliant people in the world?
I note without comment that only 2 are women.
Posted by: Barfy at Sep 20, 2006 7:36:23 PM
So, Barfy, are you arguing that a male dominated society is keeping women down, or are you arguing that males have a higher IQ standard deviation?
Posted by: bhauth at Sep 21, 2006 1:34:34 AM
Off topic, I am amused by the sidebar ad for making sure mortgage deductions stay being here.
Posted by: bhauth at Sep 21, 2006 1:38:22 AM
I note, with comment, that Barfy can't count.
Posted by: Amy Alkon at Sep 21, 2006 3:54:04 AM
I am unimpressed. If rejection of collective violence is the key innovation of Christianity a good Christian would have to condemn forcible conversion.
A good Christian does. In fact that was the point of the Pope's speech.
Posted by: Al T at Sep 21, 2006 8:46:14 AM
--about disciplines as a whole, about the disciplines where students are taking the most courses, and about trends over time — than the studies that have alleged liberal bias. “I think this article is very much on target and the earlier ones were not,” she said.--
Nothing to see, move along.
The NYT thinks it's middle of the road.
Posted by: Sandy P at Sep 21, 2006 10:11:07 AM
www.springwise.com is also a good blog on innovation.
Posted by: Dave K at Sep 22, 2006 9:29:15 AM
Read the sept 4th issue of the New Yorker in the article about Spelke's Baby Lab. It cites a number of studies that show that men do have a higher standard deviation of IQ (more geniuses and more idiots) while women tend to cluster toward the middle.
With that said, is genius all? I think drive, creativity and plain stick-to-it-nivess creates more value in the world than many geniuses.
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