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The Amherst Student

Volume 152 • Issue 1

The Amherst Student

The Newspaper of Amherst College Since 1868

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Harith Khawaja ’19

Contributing Writer

Number of Articles: 2

First Article: October 3, 2018

Latest Article: November 28, 2018

What Is the Nature of Your Intelligence?

By Harith Khawaja ’19

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November 28, 2018

Try teaching calculus to your pet goldfish, or explaining evolution by natural selection to the next squirrel you encounter. Or better yet, dedicate Thanksgiving break to teaching your family dog the basic rules of logic. It’s a foregone conclusion that you will fail. No matter how hard you try, animals just can’t understand calculus, natural selection, or logic. It’s not that it is hard to effectively communicate with them. They are just not wired to grasp some forms of human intellectual act

The Case for Self-Driving Cars

By Harith Khawaja ’19

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October 3, 2018

In February of 2006, Laura Gorman got into a car with her best friend, Jessica Rasdall. It was her last car ride ever. According to a 2009 news story on ABC, Laura and Jessica had been working their restaurant shift. Then, they decided to go to a club. A few drinks and lots of dancing later, as Jessica sped down Florida Interstate 275 with her blood alcohol level 1.5 times the legal limit, she lost control of the car. Only a mile from their dorm, the vehicle skidded off the highway and crashed

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