The Bigotry of Environmental Pessimism
The “Lorax” view of environmental problems as a consequence of greed has always been wrong and depressing.
Michael Shellenberger
· 8 min read
Theoterrorism versus Freedom of Speech—A Review
Not only had Carrell hurt the feelings of the Iranian people, but he had hurt the feelings of Muslims all over the world. There would be consequences.
Rumy Hasan
· 8 min read
Rationalizing Modern Drug Prejudices
Value judgments seem inevitable in trying to establish the relative comparisons between drugs, and any attempt to compare apples and oranges will inevitably fall short of the scientist’s objective goals.
Matthew Blackwell
· 14 min read
Memories of Life at Kingdom Hall: An Alberta Schoolgirl Waits for Armageddon
Paradise was as real to us as a memory—and even though it wasn’t something concrete, our minds were already there in it.
Amber Scorah
· 10 min read
Empiricism and Dogma: Why Left and Right Can't Agree on Climate Change
Global warming is a tragedy of the commons, in which logical agents act in ways that run counter to the longterm interests of the group.
Patrick T. Brown
· 6 min read
Why Is a Top Australian University Supporting Indigenous Creationism?
The message in Appropriate Terminology, Indigenous Australian People is that the UNSW now regards its core mission—the pursuit of truth—as negotiable if it conflicts with the postures associated with social justice.
Andrew Glover
· 5 min read
Abandon in Place: The Price of the First Steps to the Moon
I was a child in the 1960s, and I embraced Apollo as the adventure of all time
Craig Colgan
· 10 min read
Culture War Churn and the YouTube Rabbit-Hole
The YouTube-rabbit-hole phenomenon will undoubtedly continue to radicalize certain individuals. But give it time, let the churn machine keep churning.
Peter Clarke
· 7 min read
Bad Data Analysis and Psychology's Replication Crisis
This isn’t the first time this has happened in video game research.
Christopher J. Ferguson
· 7 min read
The Academic Quarrel over Determinism
Still, the universe is full of things that seem irrefutably evident and yet can’t be well explained or understood.
William Tomos Edwards
· 8 min read
A Black Eye for the Columbia Journalism Review
Essays attacking the left- or right-wing bias of this or that media outlet are, of course, old hat in my business.
Jonathan Kay
· 9 min read
An Unhelpful Study about Women in Physics
Moreover, the conclusion that harassment drives women from physics contradicts publicly available data on the progression of women in physics careers.
Sebastian Cesario
· 7 min read
The Real Gender Gap in Heart Disease
Men have been dying at higher rates than women over time, and the gap appears to be constant.
Anish Koka
· 9 min read
The Fallacy of Techno-Optimism
Instead of empty analogies, the only way to survive change is to have a vigorous debate about the merits of our new ideas—precisely the kind of debate that techno-optimists want to foreclose by appealing to history.
Nicholas Phillips
· 8 min read
Against Big Tech Viewpoint Discrimination
Some might claim that electric power is far more of a necessity that social media access.
James D. Miller
· 4 min read