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Outback Australia and the Information Wars

How Maajid Nawaz and Tim Pool amplified misinformation about COVID-19 in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities, overshadowing the effective responses led by legitimate Aboriginal leaders.

Matthew Blackwell

7 Dec 2021 · 14 min read

An Outback Conspiracy

Misinformation results from the toxic combination of these two defining features, a lack of proximity to the Territory, and viewing the world through the lens of oppression.

Matthew Blackwell

28 Nov 2021 · 13 min read

Black Lives Matter and the Mechanics of Conformity

Left unrestrained, they can get completely out of hand. The sudden conformity produced by an availability cascade can result in reflexive demands for urgent government action without any proper discussion or consideration of trade-offs, consequences, or even necessity.

Matthew Blackwell

17 Sep 2020 · 17 min read

The Dangerous Life of an Anthropologist

It took a long time for Chagnon to acclimatize to the deep interior of the Amazon Rainforest and its unique threats.

Matthew Blackwell

5 Oct 2019 · 24 min read

Rationalizing Modern Drug Prejudices

Value judgments seem inevitable in trying to establish the relative comparisons between drugs, and any attempt to compare apples and oranges will inevitably fall short of the scientist’s objective goals.

Matthew Blackwell

12 Aug 2019 · 14 min read

On the Eve of the Great Psychedelic Debate

The mint plant salvia divinorum exhibits powerful and unusual psychedelic effects and remains legal.

Matthew Blackwell

30 Mar 2019 · 21 min read

The Origins of Colourism

As revealed in the documentary, this view takes an emotional toll on dark women, who are discriminated against in all sorts of ways.

Matthew Blackwell

13 Feb 2019 · 13 min read

Devastation and Denial: Cambodia and the Academic Left

Amazingly, even as Cambodia disintegrated, the Khmer Rouge benefitted from unsolicited apologetics from intellectuals at the West’s august universities.

Matthew Blackwell

15 Jul 2018 · 19 min read