John Staddon

John Staddon is a James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Professor of Biology, Emeritus, at Duke University.

6 Posts

The Meritocracy Trap—A Review

Workers are instead selected by their educational credentials, even when a degree is unnecessary

John Staddon

9 Oct 2019 · 13 min read

Diet Reporting—the Real Fake News

Experimentation is usually impossible for ethical and practical reasons—subjects cannot be sacrificed and dissected to see the physiological effects of different food regimens.

John Staddon

18 Sep 2019 · 7 min read

Values, Even Secular Ones, Depend on Faith: A Reply to Jerry Coyne

I wasn’t saying that secular humanism is a religion. I was saying that in those aspects of religion which actually affect and seek to guide human behavior, secular humanism does not differ from religion.

John Staddon

28 Apr 2019 · 3 min read