by David Brooks | Oct 31, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Those three Dartmouth College professors told to stay off campus last week that I wondered about have been accused of sexual misconduct. Many people note that their research includes studies of sexual desire and attractiveness, so you have to wonder the connection...
by David Brooks | Oct 26, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
When I was younger I tried writing science fiction stories, including one where astronauts find the true Platonic Solids on the back side of an asteroid and thus all of philosophy (great set-up, I think, but it had a really lame-o ending). Maybe I should try again:...
by David Brooks | Oct 26, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Drones have made it easier for Dartmouth’s Jesse Casana to do interesting archaeology, including finding things long hidden at the Shaker Village site in Enfield, but there’s a part of him which is just a little bit sorry. “It feels like cheating a little,” admitted...
by David Brooks | Oct 26, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
I’m writing this Thursday morning, so things may have changed by the time you read this – but something very weird is happening at Dartmouth, where three tenured professors in the psychology department who do brain research have been put on paid leave and...
by David Brooks | Oct 25, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
The explanations that acupuncture gives for itself – chi and all that – collapse into a puddle of silliness when examined closely, and yet acupuncture does seem to sometimes accomplish useful things, especially reducing pain. Whether something is...
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