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ADHD vs. ODD in Teenagers: Symptoms, Causes, and Support
If your teenager is constantly defiant, impulsive, or struggling in school, it can be hard to know what’s really going on. Two conditions that often […] The post ADHD vs. ODD in Teenagers: Symptoms, Causes, and Support appeared first on Child Development Institute. Share this… Linkedin Facebook Twitter
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Police & Race
One of my first essays on police and race was in response to the August 9, 2014, killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson. Brown was unarmed when he was killed. While some claim Brown was murdered, others claim the shooting was justified. While there were efforts at reform, killings continue and hence this subject is,…
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CFA: Biological Naturalism about Consciousness
Hi Everyone, Be sure to check out the call for abstracts for a forthcoming conference on Biological Naturalism and Consciousness at UCLA! https://philevents.org/event/show/149421 Details here: Call for Abstracts: Biological Naturalism about Consciousness November 5–6, 2026 · University of California, Los Angeles Can non-biological systems be conscious? If not, why not? … Share this… Linkedin Facebook…
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Ursula K. Le Guin on the Meaning of Life
We are the survivors of immense and minute events — violent cosmic collisions and subtle genetic mutations, the deaths of innumerable suns and the births of innumerable cells, the splitting of continents and the splitting of atoms. Out of it all, we emerged as creatures muzzled by a consciousness that demands we give meaning to…
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There’s no such thing as racial purity
You probably know the story: Once upon a time, human beings evolved in Africa, looking much like the black people we know today, and then gradually spread out into the rest of the world over a few million years, evolving to look different in each place. This geographical spread created the different groupings we now…
