Best of the Web, September 10, 2017 Quillette 11 Sep 2017 · 1 min read Sign up for Quillette Sydney. London. Toronto. Subscribe Email sent! Check your inbox to complete your signup. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. ScienceWhy people believe in conspiracy theories – and how to change their minds Mark Lorch, The ConversationMassive Genetic Study Shows Humans Are Evolving Bruno Martin, NatureThe Greater Male Variability Hypothesis – An Addendum to Our Post on the Google Memo Sean Stevens and Jonathan Haidt, Heterodox AcademyCulture / EducationJoe Rogan Experience #1006 – Jordan Peterson and Bret Weinstein The Joe Rogan Experience When Speak Out Culture Becomes Callout Culture Pamela Paresky, Psychology TodayThe Campus Sex-Crime Tribunals Are Losing KC Johnson, CommentaryHarvard Shows How it Should be Done Charles Murray, The Weekly StandardArguments Over Free Speech on Campus Are Not Left vs Right The EconomistPolitics / Foreign PolicyRealism is Back Jacob Heilbrunn, PoliticoWas Charlottesville a Turning Point for the Alt-Right? Conor Friedersdorf, The AtlanticThe Left-Wing Threat to Liberalism Cathy Young, ForwardTreason – not racism – is the only legitimate reason to pull down a statue James Kirchick, The Spectator
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