Kensy Cooperrider

Kensy Cooperrider is a cognitive scientist who researches how humans communicate and think. Perennial fascinations of his include gestures, metaphors, diagrams, word origins, and the history of ideas. His articles have appeared in Aeon, Nautilus, Scientific American–Mind, and elsewhere.

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Politics & History

Where Do Finger Names Come From?

Our names for our fingers show a surprising depth of cultural variation—and similarity.

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Science & Technology

Can We Build a Better Facebook?

Is it time to turn our back on Facebook? And if so, what social network could possibly replace it?

Education & Society

Jews vs. the “Judeo-Christian Tradition”

Since the 1930s, the idea of a “Judeo-Christian tradition” has been used in American politics, but some Jews have always taken issue with the entire concept.

Arts & Culture

Verbatim: Fredric Jameson

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Politics & History

The Genocide Before the Shoah

For a century, Jews in Turkey have maintained a strategic silence when it comes to recognizing the Armenian genocide. Could that be changing?

Arts & Culture

Lost Literacies Strips Down the Dawn of Comics

In his new book, literary historian Alex Beringer demonstrates how the birth of the genre of printed comic long preceded the Sunday Funny Pages.

Kensy Cooperrider

Where Do Finger Names Come From?

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