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Mathematical modeling of political behavior takes a more scientific approach than traditional political science, and it is still somewhat controversial. It is distinct from quantitative political science--modeling is concerned mostly with the logical flow of ideas, whereas quantitative political science is concerned mostly with statistical relationships.
My math class was taught by a prof who combined the intellectual clarity of Immanuel Kant with the accent of Sgt. Schulz. This professor liked to verbally footnote his lectures, and as the semester wore on he dwelled at length on the logical niceties of increasingly obscure proofs, often forgetting...
The fact that Bok claims to have been uninformed about many of the issues involved with the CIA's presence on campus is not unusual. Bok, a lawyer by profession, takes a hands-off approach to many day-to-day decisions made at the University; he prefers instead to set...
But the real logical flaw in Bok's arguments is that he can not distinguish between divestment as an economically-motivated act or as a morally-motivated one. It is time that the University stop viewing Harvard's divestment as an economic issue and instead come to see it for...
In hopes of stimulating similar long-term thinking and national commitment, the Paine commission produced a glossy, colorfully illustrated 211-page report that implicitly dismisses the worries about America's current space failures as the product of small minds and faint hearts. Calling the solar system "our extended home," the...