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...that there’s other life in our galaxy,” Horowitz said yesterday. “There’s a pretty good likelihood that much of that life has evolved to a technological state.” According to Bruce Betts, the Planetary Society??s director of projects, aliens who are only as technologically advanced as we are could be sending brief optical signals across the galaxy. “With Earth technology 2006, we can transmit pulse lasers that outshine the sun by a factor of 10,000, but you have to look...
...deductible may pay $30 for a doctor’s appointment, but the doctor may charge $60 for his time. If I am sick enough that I am willing to pay $31 to see a doctor, I will make an appointment and pay the $30 co-pay. However, society??s cost, the $60 the doctor will charge, is $29 higher than my willingness to pay. As a result, the medical system is overused by people who fall into the price gap between their personal cost and society??s total cost.Furthermore, since in our current health insurance...
Twenty-four juniors were elected for induction into the Harvard chapter of Phi Beta Kappa—the nation’s oldest honor society??based on academic achievements, the College announced yesterday...
...AIDS denialism” of the South African government and accused Clinton and Gore of being swayed by drug companies. A “practical morality” in dealing with the issue, he argued, was critical. Any agenda to address AIDS, he said, would have to protect society??s “most vulnerable and marginalized members” such as young African women and be based on sound science. Achmat encouraged Harvard student activists to contribute to AIDS treatment at a Friday morning breakfast with members of the Harvard AIDS Coalition. He also offered to publicly...
...neither planned nor carried out a “disruptive” protest, as has been falsely claimed by the Federalist Society. We didn’t even enter their meeting; we demonstrated outside, and waited respectfully until it was finished to do so. It is indeed the Federalist Society??s skulking, furtive handling of the event—misleading the public about a cancellation “due to a scheduling conflict” while convening elsewhere in secret, refusing to stand behind their speaker and face legitimate dissent in the customary manner—that...