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We aren’t just bothered by different beliefs – we’re bothered when we think others are wrong
Why do disagreements about vaccines, climate change or elections often feel so personal? Our research suggests it is not simply because other people have different beliefs. It is because we think those beliefs are mistaken.
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‘I’ve never done anything like this in my life’: Marina Abramović on making art with balloons |…
Oversized inflatable blades of grass graze my face as I wind a path through the glowing white gallery space. Little papery squares of snow blow, some sticking to my hair. The path through the room curves so that only what is right in…
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Some Media Outlets Are Adapting Their Investigative Journalism Into Video Games
“More than three billion people globally play some form of video games. For a media industry with falling revenues and growing audience distrust, games — ranging from simple quizzes to fully-fledged downloadable games and augmented…
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The Onion’s New InfoWars Is a Hotbed of Edgy Comedy — No, Seriously
Last Thursday, Tim Heidecker killed himself on a YouTube livestream so that he could continue his war against Alex Jones in hell.This is the new era of InfoWars, the far-right conspiracy-riddled media empire of Jones, now under the…
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To Prepare For Playing St. Francis Of Assisi, This Baritone Went To Live With Franciscan Monks
Canadian baritone Philippe Sly, currently starring in the Salzburg Festival’s production of Messiaen’s six-hour opera St. François d’Assise, is staying at the Kapuzinerkloster, a monastery across the Salzach River from the venue, eating…
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The real stakes in the BSO’s Nelsons debacle
Did anyone think a Boston Symphony Orchestra announcement would linger as front-page news this long? On March 6, BSO CEO Chad Smith and the Board of Directors announced that they were not renewing Music Director Andris Nelsons’ contract…
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fraud case opened over Grigorovich’s ballet legacy
Igor Tsvirko in Spartacus, Bolshoi Ballet
Audiences at the Bolshoi Theatre could find themselves without 11 of its most well-known productions – among them The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Giselle, Spartacus and Ivan the Terrible – after…
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Finally! Regional Theaters May Now Produce “Les Miz”
After decades, the last US national tour of the Broadway production has ended, meaning that regional companies can get the rights to produce the show themselves and bring in that sweet. sweet, desperately needed box office revenue. And…
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No Foul Play Suspected In Death Of Actress Hayden Panettiere
First responders in Greenville, SC pronounced her dead at the scene after a 911 call by a friend who found her in cardiac arrest. An overdose is the suspected cause of death. – People
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Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Gets To Tell Your Family’s Story?
“The trauma of the Holocaust has lived beneath the surface of daily life for decades, too painful to confront. But now second- and third-generation family members are getting access to archives of collaboration. In some cases, it’s…
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