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View Poll Results: Who rules you? Your heart or your head?
Just the facts, ma'am. 3 11.11%
I trust the force. 1 3.70%
It depends, sometimes head, sometimes heart, 50/50. 16 59.26%
Mostly head, rarely gut. 5 18.52%
I have excellent instincts/intuition, I only resort to facts occasionally. 2 7.41%
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Old 04-27-2005, 10:44 AM   #1
Troubleshooter
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Originally Posted by jaguar
See what too many anthropology and sociology textbooks do to you?
I'm reading Consilience right now. It hurts, but in a good way.

From Library Journal
Historically, all of the sciences were once united under the rubric of "natural science." Over time, they became fragmented and specialized. Nevertheless, Wilson argues that there is a genetic and neurological basis for knowledge and that all subjects of human inquiry can be reunited under the umbrella of "consilience."
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