Neal Stephensonâs Baroque Cycle: Science, Commerce, Freedom, and the Origins of Modernity They witnessed the defeat of the Ottoman Turks at the siege of Vienna, ending a thousand years of implacable Islamic expansion. Robert Darby 4 Oct 2017 · 31 min read
The Pragmatic Case for Understanding Neurodiversity If youâre easily offended, itâs hard to understand the world. Shanu Athiparambath 25 Sep 2017 · 8 min read
Why Can Comedians Be So Irritating? Comedians poke fun at the absurd, unreasonable aspects of our thought, our behaviour and our societies so it is tempting to assume that they are rational themselves. Ben Sixsmith 22 Sep 2017 · 5 min read
The Rage Against Selective Outrage Sometimes people use it to mean pretend outrage, in which people cry âcrocodile tearsâ over things that donât really upset them. Spencer Case 21 Sep 2017 · 7 min read
Kurds Need A Street: A (Classical) Liberal Case for Kurdistan Western leaders and policymakers who bemoan the referendum can, if they choose, flatter themselves as ârealists.â Jonah Cohen 17 Sep 2017 · 6 min read
The Brains Trust of Intersectionality These might be two separate and superficially different incidents, but they are qualitatively very similar and underline the same cultural tensions that lead to these scenarios. Sumantra Maitra 15 Sep 2017 · 5 min read
Glenn Greenwald is Wrong Again on Charlie Hebdo Having falsely established that Charlie Hebdo were just picking on Muslims, he can lay the charge of hypocrisy upon anybody that has ever objected to any other speech. David Paxton 13 Sep 2017 · 8 min read
Why Postmodern Art is Vacant Yet, modern art is still portrayed as being avant-garde, defying trends, and sticking it to the establishment. Jason Newman 12 Sep 2017 · 10 min read
Genetics, Fear, and the Slippery Slope of Moral Authoritarianism Many warnings were offered up to us about how well-meaning scientists and policy makers could slip into using genetic information maleficently. Charleen Adams 6 Sep 2017 · 9 min read
The Case for Psychedelics Psychedelics are incredible tools whose significance lies in their ability to catalyze the power of the human mind for healing, creativity, and spiritual consciousness. W. Keith Campbell and Brandon Weiss 4 Sep 2017 · 14 min read
Centrism: A Moderate Manifesto These common complaints might contain more than a kernel of truth, but centrism doesnât need to be dull or incoherent. Bo Winegard 29 Aug 2017 · 11 min read
Science, Sin, and Paternalism The message is loud and clear: sugar is bad, government regulation is good, and now we have the science to prove it. Matthew Mott 15 Aug 2017 · 5 min read
Scott Adams, Donald Trump and the Ethics of Persuasion The answer, it should come as no surprise, is that he uses the very same tactics of evasion and persuasion for which he admires the president. Jake Orthwein 13 Aug 2017 · 11 min read
The Google Diversity Memo: Itâs still stereotypingâjust not the way you think it is! What Google needs to do is to tailor its diversity policies towards the men and women who work at Google. Renee Adams and Vanitha Ragunathan 11 Aug 2017 · 4 min read
