COVID-19 Conspiracists and Their Discontents

The mind abhors a vacuum of explanation. So when gaps in knowledge open up, the empty spaces are filled with available explanations that, however implausible, seem morally compelling.

Michael Shermer

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From Banana Slugs to Human Beings, There Are Just Two Sexes

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Jean-Luc Godard in Retrospect Part II: Fanaticism and Failure (1966–2022)

After half a decade of critical adulation, Godard’s career slumped into doctrinaire Maoism, bitterness, incomprehensibility, and irrelevance. It never recovered.

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An Interview with Jonathan Conricus

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The Iranian missile strike against Israel marks a watershed moment in the Middle East conflict, even though it was unsuccessful.

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How Women Can Become Worthy Opponents

It may be unpalatable to consider that part of what holds women back is our own nature. But if part of the problem is within us, then we have the power to fix it.

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COVID-19 Conspiracists and Their Discontents

American Carnage

From Banana Slugs to Human Beings, There Are Just Two Sexes

Jean-Luc Godard in Retrospect Part II: Fanaticism and Failure (1966–2022)

An Interview with Jonathan Conricus

Iran Contra Israel

How Women Can Become Worthy Opponents

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