The Wisdom Collective

Using reflective dialogue in schools & beyond, to support people to think, relate and create with greater depth.

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Is Santa Claus real?

[Nrken19 @nrken19]

New rconstruction of St. Nicholas of Myra.

Through forensic analysis of St. Nicholas of Myra’s skull, scientists have digitally reconstructed the face of the man who inspired the legend of Santa Claus.

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Do you support assisted dying for people with terminal illnesses?

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

TERMINALLY ILL ADULTS (END OF LIFE) BILL SECOND READING

AYES: 330
NOES: 275

Maj: 55

It passes- with a significant majority. Huge but somber moment in the chamber, the first time the Commons has voted for assisted dying. But there’s a long parliamentary passage to go.

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Do we have a right to listen and hear?

[Ralph Leonard @buffsoldier_96]

Some years ago, I wrote this on free speech and the right to listen & to hear. It's partly dedicated to the Vietnamese dissident, Pham Doan Trang, who is still imprisoned by the Vietnamese Stalinists.

https://t.co/LPiVexyCh3

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Is John Swinney congratulating Trump?
What would you tweet if you were first minister of Scotland?

[John Swinney @JohnSwinney]

Congratulations to President-elect Trump on his election.

Scotland and the USA share many social, cultural and economic links.

In that relationship, we will stand fast in support of our values of fairness, democracy and equality – ideals that America was built upon.

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Is the future predictable?

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

It's published.

We ran 80,000 simulations tonight.

Harris won in 40,012.

https://t.co/vsGVG189Sa

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Is IQ a good measurement of people?
https://t.co/ZiujzUHbB4

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@bjibanez If we can say what is not the case, have we made progress?

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Has the discipline of philosophy made any progress?

[Liam Bright @lastpositivist]

I wrote about progress in philosophy. I'm sceptical. In which I outline a Lovecraftian view of reason and possibility.

https://t.co/2NwfhOUQXr

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@AdrienBoieldieu If we can say what is not the case, have we made progress?

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Is the grandeur of life about the attempt or about the solution?

[Paballo Chauke @ChatWithChauke]

“Sometimes you don’t survive whole, you just survive in part. But the grandeur of life is that attempt. It’s not about that solution. It is about being as fearless as one can, and behaving as beautifully as one can, under completely impossible circumstances.” — Toni Morrison✨❤️

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Should you give a 4 year old an iPad?

[Matt Bateman @mbateman]

We gave 4yo an iPad and set it up to offer her three affordances:

1. Take pictures

2. Type in notes

3. Text with a handful of people (family, a couple of family friends)

The last one is the big hit. And it is *amazing*. It is immensely developmentally valuable. Why? Well…

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If you were Noah, would you have taken a dinosaur on your Ark?

[Adrian Bliss @adrianbliss]

Dinosaur interviews Noah

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@krishgm Do you think the 'shallow' accusation is *just* based on vote share? What about Starmer's approval rating? I.e. What do you think about looking at different types of evidence to support a claim?

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How well do we know our selves?

[Kaidi Wu, Ph.D. @kaidi_wu]

How women IMAGINE they'd react to sexual harassment is wildly different from how they ACTUALLY react when harassed.

Julie Woodzicka & @ProfLaFrance created sexual harassment in lab and tested how women reacted when harassed by a male interviewer in real time.

What happened:🧵

[Daniela Machado @danielaphilos]

Looking forward to this year’s @SOPHIA_Network meeting hosted by @philosophyjason in Cambridge

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Is a strong focus on children an evasion of an adults responsibilities?

[Darren Chetty @rapclassroom]

Here’s the summary for my session this afternoon at CIFE XII in Rio de Janeiro.

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Should we have hope for the world?

[Conor Sen @conorsen]

Most parents of young kids are looking at this chart and thinking “How do I keep my kid from tracking that?”

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Are human different from trees?

[The English Oak Project @TheKentAcorn]

Tree rings & human fingerprint

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2. Merleau-Ponty teaches us that we are bodies in the world, and that is the only way we can make sense of experience, feeling and thought.

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Can philosophers teach us anything? If so, which ones/what?

[Liam Bright @lastpositivist]

Ok the Friends' theme tune alleges that no one told you that life was gonna be such that you have a bad job, not much money, and an unfulfilling love life. But actually Schopenhauer did very much tell you these things. Surprised that one got past show writers tbh.

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- Our secular age is complicated. Hardcore atheism is less common than you think, when you dig deeper into people's beliefs.