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Joe Humphreys: Why you shouldnât be ashamed to cry (opens the original)
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Why do humans cry? The question confounded no greater mind than Charles Darwinâs. The evolutionary biologist believed âthe secretion of tears serves as a relief to sufferingâ but in a superficial way that was no more effective than âthe uttering of piercing shrieksâ. Weeping was âincidentalâ and âpurposelessâ, Darwin wrote in 1872. Suggesting teariness was culturally-conditioned rather than innate, he said: âEnglishmen rarely cry, except under the pressure of the acutest grie
Joe Humphreys: Steve Jobsâs dying words were âOh wow, oh wow, oh wow!â What might yours be? (opens the original)
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Karl Marx coined a few memorable phrases. But his last recorded utterance was an angry exclamation directed at his London housekeeper: âGo on, get out! Last words are for fools who havenât said enough!â Terry Eagleton, who has written several books on Marx in a prodigious literary career, is less dogmatic about deathbed sayings. The 83-year-old critic is a good deal more humorous too. âOneâs deathbed is an ideal occasion for coming up with high-sounding but vacuous pronouncements, stat
For the sake of lost boys, we need to talk about masculinity (opens the original)
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Can we learn anything from the horrific âjoyridingâ crash that took place recently on the M9? In its immediate aftermath, many people felt conflicted. Demonising the five teenagers who died seemed callous and counterproductive. Yet trying to understand why they would engage in such reckless behaviour, which caused serious harm to three women and a boy, risked being perceived as naive or insensitive to the injured victims. For Andy West, who has spent more than a decade working in the UK with
Joe Humphreys: Why you should quit the coding job and retrain as a philosopher for hire (opens the original)
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Artificial intelligence is threatening job prospects for many people. But not, it seems, students of philosophy. Figures from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York earlier this year showed American philosophy graduates are more likely to be employed than their peers who studied computer science. It prompted The Economist magazine to suggest coders picked the wrong career since âthere seems to be no shortage of work for philosophers of AIâ. The cause of the boom is twofold. AI companies are tr
Do you sit on the fence? It could be your Irish Mind (but Iâm not sure) (opens the original)
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Do Irish people have a particular way of thinking? The question has engaged writers and anthropologists over the years. Our colonial history, our geographical location on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, and the centuries-long influence of the Catholic Church are typically cited as factors in shaping âThe Irish Mindâ. William Desmond, one of Irelandâs most decorated philosophers, explores the issue afresh in his latest book. Wayward and Homebound: Irish Betweenings, Philosophical Thought, a
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