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Alanis Morissette and Five Other Singers Who Should Act More [Listicle]

Alanis Morissette —angry/thoughtful lady-pop voice of the 90s—sometimes acts. She showed up as God in Dogma and a bisexual on Sex and the City . And now she’s appearing on Weeds for seven episodes. And we’re pretty happy about it. Why God why?, you may ask. Well, there’s just always been something beguiling about Ms. Morissette—her odd, alien-like Canadianism, her sad, wistful eyes—that we just like on screen. Anyway, here’s a picture of her as Nancy’s new gynecologist. Exciting. And,

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This post was written by Career Training on June 29, 2009 Comments (0)

In defense of those “dull” scientists

The other day, Chad at Uncertain Principles linked to a very odd argument on the site Medical Hypotheses : “Why are modern scientists so dull? How science selects for perseverance and sociability at the expense of intelligence and creativity”, by Bruce Charlton: Question: why are so many leading modern scientists so dull and lacking in scientific ambition? Answer: because the science selection process ruthlessly weeds-out interesting and imaginative people. At each level in education, trai

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This post was written by Career Training on June 24, 2009 Comments (0)