“Of Our Spiritual Strivings”
By Raj Gopal Rutgers University Check out this classic essay by the great African-American scholar and writer W.E.B. Du Bois, entitled “Of Our Spiritual Strivings”. It’s the essay that engendered […]
Movie Review: “Examined Life”
If you’re anything like me, you’re a little bit addicted to documentaries. And maybe you have seen one particular film floating around your Netflix recommendations called Examined Life. Perhaps your […]
To Walt Whitman, From Mark Twain
By Raj Gopal Rutgers University Here’s a letter from Mark Twain, perhaps the greatest American novelist, to Walt Whitman, perhaps the greatest American poet. It’s a movingly sincere ode to […]
Global Poverty Project Comes to Rutgers!
By Boris Yakubchik, Rutgers University It turns out even a single individual can do an immense amount of good. Did you know you could cure someone of parasitic worms with […]
Darwin vs. Hitler: Why Evolution Makes No Comment On Ethics
I have no idea how many times I have heard that the motivation for Hitler’s genocide lay at least partly in Darwinism. Ben Stein’s Expelled focused for a while on this issue […]
I Look at Art and Stuff: The Paintings of Ito Jakuchu
by Raj Gopal Hey people! I was recently sifting through the bookshelves at an artist friend’s place, and while I was working through his art books, I encountered a lot […]
Call for Writers and Contributors!
Hey Dudes (Gender Inclusive)! We want Applied Sentience to be a collaborative project, so we’re looking for Staff Writers, Contributors and Social Media Curators to help us maintain our sites! […]
Welcome to Applied Sentience!
Hey Folks! Welcome to Applied Sentience! The idea behind our blog is this: Being a sentient being is an incredible privilege and a great responsibility, and this project is dedicated […]
