Schools Proposing to Audit Pupils' Characters Should Mind Their Own Business
In education, where my own experience lies, a depressingly corporate tone is now the norm.
Emma C Williams
· 5 min read
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Dismiss Radical Feminism
Don’t throw the word ‘misogyny’ at every man with an obtuse opinion. Do so, and you will denude the word of all its meaning and all its power.
Timothy Cootes
· 8 min read
Muslim Blackmail
This is further illustrated by the uniform theme of victimhood from the Muslim community since the Paris attacks, suggesting the likelihood of any self examination or internal critique is low.
Tanveer Ahmed
· 5 min read
Why Distance Running Is the Perfect Lab for Studying Sex Differences in Competitiveness
Data from 92,000 marathon runners and 1,100 collegiate athletes consistently shows men are more competitive — and the gap isn't closing.
Robert Deaner
· 6 min read
Reluctance to Bomb Daesh Reflects a Loss of Confidence in the West
The UK has begun bombing Daesh in Syria. As the first Brimstones hit home mere hours after the vote passed, the only certainty is that there’s no knowing how many will follow in their path.
Zack Pyzer
· 6 min read
The Shame and the Disgrace of the Pro-Islamist Left
The dismal spectacle of radical queer activists, feminists, and sundry other progressives professing solidarity with Islamists is at once fascinating and enraging.
Jamie Palmer
· 7 min read
How a Rebellious Scientist Uncovered the Surprising Truth About Stereotypes
Studying the accuracy of stereotypes is risky business. For many, investigation into stereotypes is tantamount to endorsing bigotry.
Claire Lehmann
· 11 min read
Why Parenting May Not Matter and Why Most Social Science Research Is Probably Wrong
Parenting effects usually play some role in our conception of why some people behave differently than others
Brian Boutwell
· 13 min read
Authoritarianism Is a Matter of Personality, Not Politics
Because democracy reflects the will of the majority, extremists will never win a fair election.
Adam Perkins
· 4 min read
Je Suis George Lawlor
University life is beginning to sound like a dystopian world; hollow-eyed students hunting in packs, scouring the landscape for dissenting individuals unplugged from the matrix.
Emma C Williams
· 6 min read
Inaction Is an Active Choice
A large section of the critics of intervention today are making similar assumptions in both the moral and practical assessments of the choices before us.
David Paxton
· 6 min read
GI Diets Don't Work – Gut Bacteria and Dark Chocolate Are a Better Bet for Losing Weight
The GI theory goes that there are many different types of carbs and they can be graded into how rapidly the body converts them into glucose.
Tim Spector
· 5 min read
The Next War Will Be an Information War, and We're Not Ready for It
Information warfare combines electronic warfare, cyberwarfare and psy-ops (psychological operations) into a single fighting organisation, and this will be central to all warfare in the future.
David Stupples
· 5 min read
Inside the Superforecasters
Tetlock recruited 284 pundits and had them make 82,000 individual predictions from 1983 to 2003.
Michael Story
· 6 min read
To Defeat Jihadism, the Battle over Sacred Values Must Be Won
If traditional warfare is one of the culprits of increasing radicalization, then such an approach is the only viable one.
Gregory Gorelik
· 4 min read