Category: Science for Lay People

05/08/2013 Judgment and Freedom Feitosa-Santana

We must always Judge – Hannah Arendt

“Hannah Arendt suggested that we must always judge, and accurately, the historical characters – on the facts and so on. He who does not judge, perhaps not to be judged, is totally dead. Judge and compare, in historical terms, and even personal, are fundamental… to clarify and illuminate.” – by Euler de França Belém

01/08/2013 education | famous morning larks | famous night owls | morning person and night person | night person intelligence | night person vs day person | science for lay people Feitosa-Santana

Early to Rise? Ordinary and Happy. Late-to-Bed-Late-to-Rise? Intelligent and Depressed.

According to the University of Madrid and the London School of Economics, those who wake up early have more time just to mediocrity. Those who sleep later and wake up later are generally smarter. Those who sleep late and wake up late have better analytical thinking, conceptual and critical. Despite some exceptions, such as Thomas […]

21/07/2013 Craigslist | Craigslist Killer | Craigslist Movie | Julissa Brisman | Philip Markoff Feitosa-Santana

The Craigslist Killer: It is not only One, there are Many Killers; One more Reason why Prostitution should be Decriminalized

A Boston medical student named Philip Markoff used Craigslist (2009) to solicit several women for sexual encounters, and although he killed solely Julissa Brissman, he had many victims. Markoff was identified via hotel surveillance cameras and emails, and was apprehended while driving to Foxwoods Casino with his fiancée, also a medical student. He killed himself in his cell in […]

16/07/2013 College Rape | Feminism Rape | Rape Statistics | Women in College Feitosa-Santana

One in Four College Women have Survived Rape or Attempted Rape in their Lifetime

One in four college women have survived either rape or attempted rape in their lifetime. The US Department of Justice published a study in 2006 of over 4,000 college women. In that survey, 3% of those women had survived rape or attempted rape in a 7 month academic year, alone. An additional 21% had survived […]