[Fuusm-l] Today's Issues Topics for October 9

[Ted Goertzel]

For this Sunday, October 9, the Today's Issues discussion group will discuss

1.  Election polling and the current elections.
A reading from Wired Magazine is attached: "The Polls Are All Wrong. A
Startup Called Civis Is Our Best Hope to Fix Them
<https://www.wired.com/2016/06/civis-election-polling-clinton-sanders-trump/>"
by Garrett Graff.  It can also be found at the link

In addition, the following web sites are of interest:
fivethirtyeight election forecast
<http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/>
realclearpolitics election poll report
<http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/elections/>
The Upshot New York election forecast
<http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/upshot/presidential-polls-forecast.html?_r=0>

Story about Trump Support in rural Appalachia
<https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/02/donald-trump-voters-ohio-pennsylvania-west-virginia-appalachia?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+morning+briefing+2016&utm_term=193179&subid=9777652&CMP=ema_a-morning-briefing_b-morning-briefing_c-US_d-1>.


2.  The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy, book by
Anthony Gottlieb
<http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/09/29/hobbes-spinoza-locke-leibniz-hume-wrestled-new/>,
review by Thomas Nagel.  Copy attached.
Also available at the NYR link. In the New York Review for September 29.
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