We are on the course of extinction; if nothing is done about the ubiquitous hormone-harming chemicals in our environment, it is put forth that the average man’s sperm count will reach zero by 2045. Infertility, among other factors such as rising costs of living and shifting cultural preference for smaller families, is causing the global reproduction rate to fall low enough to worry scientists about our species’ future.
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Education
Overcoming Bias
Kai Cheng’s professor had a brilliant scheme. In his first lecture, he promised that each lecture would feature a “Lie of the Day”. But why? It made his students more attentive and analytical, poring over every detail of his lecture and making sense of why things were true. It was such a powerful teaching method that his students digested his most technical lectures quite easily because they tried so hard to catch his lie. The kicker? There was no lie in that first lecture; he had lied about that too! Read full article here
Merv
August 17, 2022
