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She told us once that if we could prove or disprove the existence of God she would give us an A. So future academicians Jay Greene and Randy Kamian tried to do just that. They got As but were unable to really settle the whole God question. So much of the seeds of my later project SoulPancake would be sown in that dynamic, fascinating, yearlong mind
... See moreRainn Wilson • The Bassoon King: Art, Idiocy, and Other Sordid Tales from the Band Room
A corrupt system attracted corrupt students, and an honest system attracted honest students. Perhaps it’s not about power changing people, but rather about the setting. A good system can create a virtuous circle of ethical power seekers. A bad system can create a vicious cycle of people willing to lie, cheat, and steal until they reach the top. If
... See moreBrian Klaas • Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us
President Lavine says, “We hunt for students who have some spark of originality. It might seem like eccentricity or cussedness, but we want students who are in some way on edge with their world.”
Sarah Thornton • Seven Days in the Art World
And the question may, moreover, be put not out of some conviction of innocence (the stance of those who use political radicalism as a paranoid means of avoiding self-criticism) but in recognition of the fact that there is more folly and partisanship in institutions, ideas and laws than a naturalistic perspective can possibly allow for.
Alain De Botton • Status Anxiety
If, as I suggested before, the ability to tell right from wrong should turn out to have anything to do with the ability to think, then we must be able to “demand” its exercise from every sane person, no matter how erudite or ignorant, intelligent or stupid, he may happen to be. Kant—in this respect almost alone among the philosophers—was much
... See moreHannah Arendt • The Life of the Mind
“It’s not the individual posted to PDC, Shev. Most of them are like us. All too much like us. Well-meaning, naive. And it’s not just PDC. It’s anywhere on Anarres. Learning centres, institutes, mines, mills, fisheries canneries, agricultural development and research stations, factories, one-product communities—anywhere that function demands
... See moreI became a better teacher as soon as I was willing to be a heretic.
James K. A. Smith • You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
