Creationism By Another Name
Creationism is the belief that a superior being, unbound by the laws of nature, created the universe.
Ferran Suay
· 4 min read
Is It Ever Better Not to Know?
It seems that gaining more knowledge, even on topics where that knowledge could be damaging in the short term, is the preferable approach.
Brian Boutwell, Bo Winegard, Jonathan Anomaly
· 7 min read
You Are Not Important: Defund Identity Culture
If taxpayers from both the Right and the Left refuse to fund identity culture, what exactly will remain of the arts?
Reilly Smethurst
· 7 min read
"The Sense of an Ending" and Why We Are Wired to Produce False Memories
We all have our own narratives of life. You have a “version” of that life that is a story you tell to yourself and others, about what your life has been.
Lauren Knott
· 4 min read
Why Citing a Scientific Study Does Not Finish An Argument
A single study is rarely anything more than suggestive, and often it takes many replications under a variety of circumstances to provide strong justification for a conclusion.
Jonathan Anomaly, Brian Boutwell
· 7 min read
The Crucible of the Application Process
These alterations would ostensibly bolster my chances of being accepted to and receiving funds for graduate programs.
Dillon Bowen
· 14 min read
Laura Kipnis, Rape Culture, and the Disappearance of Sex
The net effect is a chilling of casual sexual interactions, especially amongst young people. And so, why is anyone surprised? And why doesn’t the media want to talk about it?
Michael Aaron
· 8 min read
The Rhetorical Trap at the Heart of the "Neurosexism" Debate
The Motte and Bailey Doctrine has been a successful rhetorical device for anti-sex difference academics and authors for some time now, but it is beginning to fray at the edges.
Claire Lehmann, Debra Soh
· 7 min read
The De-Professionalization of the Academy
Just to be clear, most of my faculty colleagues are well-educated, bright, and dedicated teachers. Some are also worthy scholars or creative authors.
Alex Southwell
· 10 min read
Reviving "Essentialism" and Other Scientific Straw Men
In fact—it’s even more interesting than that. Multiple matings do (perhaps surprisingly) benefit females in all sorts of ways across all sort of species.
Robert King
· 10 min read
Epigenetics Has Become Dangerously Fashionable
“Many of our expert epigenetics research colleagues are deeply embarrassed by the warm, uncritical response their work has attracted from the social sciences,”
Brian Boutwell, Conor Barnes
· 6 min read
Camille Paglia and the Battle of the Sexes
Women have become angry and defensive as a result of being raised to view men as the enemy.
Suzanne Venker
· 5 min read
Conservatives Aren't the Only Voices Silenced by Academia's Intellectual Orthodoxy
The problem isn’t simply one of political imbalance, an absence of parity between Left and Right voices, but the extent to which humanities departments have become politicized.
James Walker
· 5 min read
A Raft of Books
“Let’s not have any political correctness here. If characters can’t think and talk like people—if writers can’t—then what’s the point of literature?”
Ryan Blacketter
· 11 min read
How a Culture of Outrage Is Stifling Political Satire
While satire is often controversial, it has become increasingly common for it to be accused of bigotry where none exists.
V R Kahn
· 7 min read