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Working Hard To Be Smarter Than You Think

Sebastian Deri  —  Apr 9, 2012

Is intelligence innate or can it be learned and expanded? Sebastian Deri '13 believes the latter.

Tears in My Ben and Jerry's

Will Spencer  —  Mar 15, 2012

In an ode to former Sun columnist Cory Brezak '11, current Sun columnist Will Spencer '12 ruminates on random reasoning that resonates. 

Questioning Questioning

Harry DiFrancesco  —  Mar 5, 2012

Harry DiFrancesco '12 questions the art of questioning, and whether there's a point when asking too many questions becomes questionable. 

Work Hard, Play Hard? More Like 'Think Hard'

Jane P. Riccobono  —  Mar 10, 2009

Last week, as I was whiling away time between classes, I came across a review of the documentary film Examined Life. The title references Socrates, who stated, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” The film follows eight philosophers as they talk about provocative philosophical questions. “It takes tremendous discipline, it takes tremendous courage to think for yourself,” Cornel West says at the beginning of the preview. Intrigued, I looked into where it was playing. It will be shown in only three upstate New York theaters, and one of them is the Cornell Cinema.

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