The Incentives for Groupthink
What is groupthink? It is the powerful mechanism through which groups reinforce.
Neema Parvini
· 12 min read
Art and Culture
A collection of 719 posts
Steven Pinker: Counter-Enlightenment Convictions are 'Surprisingly Resilient'
What are some of the classic experiments in psychology that you think an educated person should know about?
Quillette
· 7 min read
The Stifling Uniformity of Literary Theory
Many universities and colleges currently advertise literary theory courses which purport to introduce students to a range of different approaches to literary texts.
Neema Parvini
· 11 min read
Diversity and the Concert Hall
In theory, these sound like good-natured progressive policies. After all, who doesn’t like diversity?
Brad Ross
· 8 min read
How the Science Wars Ruined the Mother of Anthropology
Both revered and despised for the image of humanity she presented to the world, and for her conclusions about the Samoan people, in particular.
Matthew Blackwell
· 17 min read
Seeking Refuge in the Embattled Centre
At once defiant and confessional, Shepherd declared that she had grown to distrust the motives and aspirations of left-wing “social justice warriors.”
Genevieve Weynerowski
· 12 min read
Becoming a Man
“To be a man in most of the societies we have looked at, one must impregnate women, protect dependents from danger, and provision kith and kin.”
William Buckner
· 12 min read
Kevin Williamson, Jeffrey Goldberg, and Victimhood Culture
This is an unpopular opinion that even many pro-lifers find offensive. Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg, in explaining why he fired Williamson.
Bradley Campbell
· 5 min read
Harris, Lilla, and the Politics of Identity
For only then can reason ensure that the moral and social bonds of universal human brotherhood are sustained.
John R. Wood, Jr.
· 5 min read
A Plea To Trans Activists: We Can Protect Trans Rights Without Denying Biology
Critical thinking is not hate; it builds understanding and establishes foundations that are robust and can protect trans people without compromising the rights of women.
Debbie Hayton
· 8 min read
"Basketball!" Deconstruction of a Hockey Game Taunt
Perhaps there is a better remedy: alternate dispute resolution. Have the foursome meet face-to-face with Smith-Pelly (with his consent) in the presence of others. Let the taunters explain what they meant.
Steven Lewis
· 14 min read
"Which Side Are You On?"
This question was robotically intoned by a dozen or so students led by a young woman in a ‘Stay Woke’ jacket.
Andy Ngo
· 7 min read
Why Jordan B Peterson Appeals to Me (And I Am on the Left)
Peterson’s critics would be helping him refine his theories and hone his argumentation, moving our cultural conceptions of human nature forward.
Alexander Blum
· 11 min read
The Tyranny of the Subjective
Among these is a preference for what have come to be called ‘traditionally marginalized narratives.
Elizabeth Finne
· 15 min read
Why They Hate Margaret Atwood
And yet, this being the bizarro world of 2018, Atwood’s role in Rak’s University of Alberta event wasn’t as a feminist heroine.
Jonathan Kay
· 18 min read