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Best of the Web, September 10, 2017

Science Why people believe in conspiracy theories – and how to change their minds Mark Lorch, The Conversation Massive Genetic Study Shows Humans Are Evolving Bruno Martin, Nature The Greater Male Variability Hypothesis – An Addendum to Our Post on the Google Memo Sean Stevens and Jonathan Haidt, Heterodox Academy Culture / Education

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11 Sep 2017 · 1 min read

Best of the Web, August 28, 2017

Politics / Foreign Policy Iconoclasm and Violence Rod Dreher, American Conservative The Great Nazi Scare of 2017 Holman W. Jenkins The Wall Street Journal What Moderates Believe David Brooks, The New York Times Identity and Terror: A Conversation with Douglas Murray Sam Harris, The Waking Up Podcast Is Violence the Way

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28 Aug 2017 · 1 min read

Best of the Web, August 22, 2017

Science The Australian Scientists Cracking the Genetic Code of Clinical Depression Sarah Wiedersehn, The Sydney Morning Herald Aeon Tries to Revive Lamarck, Calling for a “Paradigm Shift” in Evolution Jerry Coyne, Why Evolution is True The Nuclear Option Michael Shellenberger, Foreign Affairs Culture / EducationThe Unfortunate Fallout of Campus Postmodernism Michael

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21 Aug 2017 · 1 min read

Best of the Web, August 13 2017

Politics / Foreign Policy The Alt-Right’s Chickens Come Home to Roost David French, National Review The Liberal Crack Up Mark Lilla, The Wall Street Journal Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un Face Off Raising Possibility of Accidental War John Kehoe, Australian Financial Review Why Are the Media Sympathetic to the

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13 Aug 2017 · 1 min read

Best of the Web, 6th August 2017

Culture In Defence of the Bad, White Working Class Shannon Burns, Meanjin Gender Imbalances are Mostly Not Due to Offensive Attitudes SlateStarCodex Engineering Education: Social Engineering Rather than Actual Engineering Indrek Wichman, James G Martin Center for Academic Renewal Science National Identity Eases Cross-Cultural Trust Problems Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution

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5 Aug 2017 · 1 min read

Best of the Web, 28th July 2017

Culture A Secularist vs. the Progressive Faith Tom Wilson, Commentary Liu Xiaobo and Twitter’s Theatre of Radical Cruelty Jamie Palmer, Tablet Magazine Science Don’t Believe in God? Maybe You’ll try U.F.Os Clay Routledge, The New York Times First Human Embryos Edited in U.S. Steve

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28 Jul 2017 · 1 min read

Best of the Web, 22nd July 2017

CultureRichard Dawkins deplatformed at a book talk in Berkeley for “abusive speech” about Islam on Twitter Jerry Coyne, Why Evolution is True Why it’s a Bad Idea to Tell Students that Words are Violence Jonathan Haidt & Greg Lukianoff, The Atlantic Aliens, Antisemitism and Academia Remi Adekoya & Landon

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22 Jul 2017 · 1 min read

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4 May 2017 · 2 min read

News in Brief: Orlando Aftermath, Assassination in Britain

The event has sparked a revival of the gun control debate in the U.S. as well as concerns about homegrown Islamist terror attacks.

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16 Jun 2016 · 2 min read

News in Brief: Cancer Vaccine, the Blockchain in Central Banks & Overcoming Antibiotic Resistance

It has been found to induce anti-tumour immune responses in mice and three human patients with advanced melanoma.

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9 Jun 2016 · 3 min read