The following is neither a hoax nor a conspiracy do not adjust your computer telephone tablet or television we will be controlling all that you seen and hear and maybe even what you think so sit back relax and enjoy the world of Cognitive Biases. In less than 20 years the internet revolution has had a deep impact on Human Behavior of an all of a media so that today it even affects the way we think. Imagined and invented stories and even outright lives have become prominent in our media landscape how could this be. What underpins the popularity. Why is it that weve come to down to expert testimony. Or. Could it be that our brains are predisposed towards compelling nonsense. When the World Wide Web was invented in the 1990 s. It was imagined as a democratic space that would provide everyone direct access to all of Human Knowledge yet today it seems knowledge is being eclipsed by conviction and we are all it risk of being dragged down into a democracy of the gullible. Usual greece agrees
John the program is entitled the origins of the militaryindustrial complex and features dr. Daniel ellis, who is this years staff fellow, a prestigious position. He has been using items to investigate the origins of the militaryindustrial complex through wartime and immediate postwar, meaning postworld war ii, evolution between Scientific Research, industry and National Defense. Dan has advised congress on defense issues. I was a colleague of his at crs for several years. Dan did things in connection with things i knew, a whole range of things, defense production act, appropriations, military construction, and he does many more things at crs. He holds a phd in Political Science from George Washington university. And at crs, as many of you know, he is the author of many reports on defense, trade and security. , this project is the latest example of the work undertaken by staff fellows showcasing their knowledge and passion of their areas of expertise. This is funded by a gift left by th
To the United States Supreme Court on january 28th 1916. In june of that year, he became the first jewish person to sit on the nations highest court. The third until 1939. Up next on American History tv, and commemoration of the 100th anniversary of his nation a Panel Including u. S. Supreme court Ruth Bader Ginsburg discusses his contribution to american democracy. This program in massachusetts, is about two hours. applause ladies and gentlemen please welcome, lisa m. Lynch interim president of Brandeis University. Good evening, it gives me great pleasure to welcome everyone, students, faculty, alums, trustees staff, and distinguished panelist and friend to this remarkable gathering here at brandeis the university. I want to welcome in particular some of our special guests. Massachusetts attorney general, congressman catherine clark, applause they senator michael baron, james elbridge, and karen silica applause , they representative david and jake offman, applause our very own mayor j
This virtual format works, youll still be able to ask a question of the author if you like. To do so just click on the qanda icon at the bottom of the screen. Bob woodward has been reporting in washington for half a century. In his decades with the Washington Post discovered nine president s and shared two Pulitzer Prizes first the post coverage of the watergate scandal and the second in 2003 for coverage of the 9 11 terrorist attacks carried his books also have made big news and drawn in many readers. His newest book, rage come is the 20t 20th in all of the natil bestsellers. We are accustomed to his books taking us behind the scenes of highlevel ratings and into the minds of those thinking critical u. S. Policy decisions. Whats extraordinary about rage is that this time, donald trump himself spoke with bob 17 times while the book was being written providing a remarkable view into the president thinkins thinking and key moments. The conversation this evening will be another prizewinni
Following fingerprints into the past and rediscovering history welcome to tomorrow today the science show on d w. Books repositories of knowledge centuries old books can teach us a lot about the past as long as we can decode them cryptographers have yet to decipher the 15th century voynich manuscript for example but Historical Books still molecular as well as intellectual secrets. Secrets about the people who wrote them touched them and left their traces in the form of proteins these molecules are found in every single cell of the body and each type of protein is made up of a sequence of amino acids folded in a unique way scientists have only recently learned how to read this data hidden between the lines of old boxed. The socalled marco polo bible is almost 800 years old tiny slivers of the parchment are all biochemist georgio regain he needed to look into its past getty speciality is proteomics the study of the range of proteins in organisms he examines documents paintings clothing t