The military makes every service member in its ranks take an oath to defend the document that the nation was founded upon – the Constitution. But many service members (both current and former) don’t truly understand its contents; of the many subjects the military teaches its members, the Constitution is not one of them. Because they lack understanding, some have misconstrued the oath to mean “defend the president”, as evidenced in the January 6 insurrection. Read full article here
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
