Defending Western History From Political Propaganda
Ben Sixsmith
· 5 min read
Genetics, Fear, and the Slippery Slope of Moral Authoritarianism
Many warnings were offered up to us about how well-meaning scientists and policy makers could slip into using genetic information maleficently.
Charleen Adams
· 9 min read
The Case for Psychedelics
Psychedelics are incredible tools whose significance lies in their ability to catalyze the power of the human mind for healing, creativity, and spiritual consciousness.
W. Keith Campbell and Brandon Weiss
· 14 min read
The Google Memo — The Economist on Nothing
This may come as a surprise to those who developed their opinion about it, not by reading the memo itself but by absorbing accounts of it in the popular press.
Patrick Lee Miller
· 27 min read
Centrism — A Moderate Manifesto
These common complaints might contain more than a kernel of truth, but centrism doesn’t need to be dull or incoherent.
Bo Winegard
· 11 min read
Science, Sin, and Paternalism
The message is loud and clear: sugar is bad, government regulation is good, and now we have the science to prove it.
Matthew Mott
· 5 min read
Scott Adams, Donald Trump, and the Ethics of Persuasion
The answer, it should come as no surprise, is that he uses the very same tactics of evasion and persuasion for which he admires the president.
Jake Orthwein
· 11 min read
The Google Diversity Memo — Still Stereotyping, Just Not in the Way You Think
What Google needs to do is to tailor its diversity policies towards the men and women who work at Google.
Renee Adams and Vanitha Ragunathan
· 4 min read
Stop Equating Science with Truth
The message that liberates women is not: men and women are the same, and anyone who tells you different is oppressing you.
Heather E. Heying
· 7 min read
Liberalism in Peril
By using opposition to the illiberalism of Trump as a platform for their own illiberal politics, progressives risk dragging the Democratic Party into a populist cul-de-sac of its own.
Jamie Palmer
· 11 min read
The Google Memo — Four Scientists Respond
Psychological differences make equal outcomes impossible. Equality or diversity. You can’t have both.
Lee Jussim, Geoffrey Miller, David P Schmitt, Debra Soh
· 14 min read
Haunted Mind — The Stubborn Persistence of the Supernatural
According to polls, roughly half of people in the United States and Britain believe in ghosts. Furthermore, around 25% of people report having seen or been in the presence of a ghost.
Bo Winegard and Ben Winegard
· 14 min read
Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and the Importance of Taking AI Risks Seriously
With the very real possibility that such technology will be able to make changes to itself, even a slight diversion from goals that match our own could be disastrous.
Keiran Harris
· 6 min read
Traditionalists and Activists Are Both Wrong About Sex and Gender
The clearest evidence for this lack of a distinction is the fact that most individuals are cisgender (individuals whose gender identity aligns with their biological sex).
Gregory Gorelik
· 8 min read
Leftist Hypocrisy on Islam Is Setting the Stage for Violence
The progress we as a society have made in recent decades—in women’s rights and in gay rights, for starters—largely stems from our overcoming religion-based prejudices.
Jeffrey Tayler
· 10 min read