Would You Opt for Immortality?
Michael Shermer
· 5 min read
The Academic Mob and Its Fatal Toll
“Academic Mobbing, Or How To Become Campus Tormentors,” Eve Seguin wrote, “Mobbing is social murder and, by definition, people cannot survive their own murder.”
Brad Cran
· 12 min read
Transgenderism and the Social Construction of Diagnosis
Tannehill subsequently posted the article to the Facebook page of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH).
Lisa Marchiano
· 10 min read
Immigration and the Social Science Echo Chamber
Surely an organisation like this, which researches and aims to accurately interpret attitudes to immigration, could be relied upon for accuracy?
David Hansard
· 8 min read
What Has Capitalism Ever Done For Us?
Like Reggie in Monty Python’s The Life of Brian, they demand to know: “What has capitalism ever done for us?”
Nicola Wright
· 11 min read
After the Niqab: What Life is Like for French Women who Remove the Veil
But what happens when a woman who has worn a niqab, sometimes for years, makes the decision to leave it behind?
Agnes De Feo
· 8 min read
"You're Fake News" The Unfortunate Reality of the Ad Hominem
An ad hominem attack is one directed at an opponent’s character rather than the substance of his arguments and claims.
Elio Martino
· 6 min read
Blockchain and Sex
Blockchain technology also has the potential to be used for smart contracts. Smart contracts provide an automatically enforceable way for buyers and sellers to negotiate a contract.
Justin Campbell
· 4 min read
Damore, Diversity, and Disruption at PSU
Organizing a student event to discuss any topic — including diversity — should not be a safety hazard.
Andy Ngo
· 6 min read
The Skeptical Optimist: Interview with Michael Shermer
An interview with the founder of The Skeptics Society.
Claire Lehmann
· 17 min read
The Behavioral Ecology of Male Violence
Understanding patterns of lethal violence among humans requires understanding some important sex differences between males and females.
William Buckner
· 16 min read
The Evergreen Meltdown
Evergreen’s prognosis is guarded at best, but it might explain what ails higher education in general.
Mike Paros
· 6 min read
The Google Memo: A Counterfactual Response
An employee offers an alternative take on the notorious Google Memo.
Publius
· 4 min read
Our Search for Meaning and the Dangers of Possession
They provide deep, time-tested channels through which transpersonal energies can flow.
Lisa Marchiano
· 12 min read
Liberalism Can Succeed
The first concerns the relationship of theory to practice; the second, the relationship of liberalism to its preliberal inheritance.
Patrick Lee Miller
· 24 min read