High Functioning and Fine
Asperger thought it was far more common and existed on a “continuum,” or what we now call the ‘spectrum.’
Marion Pennell
· 7 min read
Britain's Grooming Gang Crisis
Yet if the phenomenon is to be understood it is important to evaluate the data objectively. Otherwise we have a lot of heat and little light.
Ben Sixsmith
· 7 min read
The Meaning of Freedom
Inside the hall, Peterson’s remarks were briefly interrupted by two protesters who mounted the stage and unfurled a banner that read “Freedom To Smash Bigotry.”
Aaron Pope
· 5 min read
Escaping Conformity
Conformity, broadly defined, is a tendency to act or think like members of a group. In psychology.
Jacob Little
· 14 min read
Steven Pinker's Counter-Counter-Enlightenment
Peter Harrison took exception to his “teleological view of history” and “misplaced faith in data, metrics and statistical analysis.”
Saloni Dattani
· 12 min read
The Case for Electric Vehicles
Electric vehicles are currently being designed to drive for longer and in a more efficient manner than traditional, fossil fuel-burning vehicles.
Brandon J. Weichert
· 7 min read
Is There a Future for Human Spaceflight?
In this article a number of observations are discussed that point toward a human spaceflight future deeply buried in uncertainty.
Philip Backman
· 16 min read
The Falsity of the Sanders Venezuela Meme
Sanders’s disavowal was scorned by Venezuelan state media and dismayed Chavez’s remaining defenders in the West.
Jack Staples-Butler
· 12 min read
The Psychology of Progressive Hostility
This sort of my-way-or-the-highway mentality is now spreading well beyond the urban university and into even remote communities.
Matthew Blackwell
· 11 min read
When Two Tribes Go To War
That fee was temporarily suspended by a federal judge on first amendment grounds, although the final decision is still pending.
Stuart Reges
· 7 min read
The Deleterious Effects of Our Tabloid Discourse
A strikingly careless habit to fall into on the part of those who participate in the mass distribution of information, its consequences are severe.
William Vaillancourt
· 8 min read
Silicon Valley and the ABCs of Diversity
In the first scenario, it’s sensible to take the widest array of objects. Who knows which object is valuable or why?
Kirio Birks
· 7 min read
Incomprehension 501: Intro to Graduate School
My last book purge found me deciding the fate of Slavoj Žižek’s Tarrying With The Negative, a book I read in a class on Shakespeare and political theory.
S. A. Dance
· 9 min read
We Are Living in Parallel Societies
Was that supposed to make them see the error of their ways? Of course not. That’s how you get people to hunker down and reject social change altogether.
Nick Ottens
· 7 min read
Privilege: a Term That Has Lost Its Utility
Which other voices would be promoted and approved by all, and how would they achieve that sort of prominence? How would any of this be to society’s advantage?
Genevieve Weynerowski
· 6 min read