Trauma and the Psychedelic Renaissance
Negative stereotypes about psychedelics are undergoing a reassessment.
James Jeffrey
· 10 min read
Psychology
A collection of 88 posts
Keep Social-Justice Indoctrination Out of the Therapist’s Office
One of the earliest stains on the legacy of psychiatry, my medical specialty, dates to the American 1840 census, when the US government first began systematically collecting information on “idiocy” and “insanity.” According to the results, the purported rates of mental illness among free blacks in northern cities were deemed
Sally Satel
· 11 min read
The Search to Explain Our Anxiety and Depression: Will ‘Long COVID’ Become the Next Gender Ideology?
Long COVID is just the latest example of the sort of idea that will become popular among this generation—and it certainly won’t be the last.
Jonathan Kay
· 9 min read
When Sons Become Daughters, Part III: Parents of Transitioning Boys Speak Out on Their Own Suffering
Gay men and women fought long and hard to be accepted for who they are, often battling reactionary bigotry in the process.
Angus Fox
· 18 min read
Diversity, Inclusion, and Academic Freedom: The Case of Gender Biology
But it is sad to see established facts now suppressed along with undesirable beliefs and opinions. And to see our institutions of higher learning being led to this kind of neo-obscurantism in the name of enlightened social attitudes.
Constantin Polychronakos
· 9 min read
Facts Don’t Care About Your Diversity Training Certificate—A Critique of Credentialism
The basic fact that famous experts are often wrong is not itself in dispute—but is worth reviewing.
Wilfred Reilly
· 10 min read
Persuasion and the Prestige Paradox: Are High Status People More Likely to Lie?
The first type, termed the “central” route, comes from careful and thoughtful consideration of the messages we hear.
Rob Henderson
· 13 min read
When Sons Become Daughters: Parents of Transitioning Boys Speak Out on Their Own Suffering
Many of the young men in question have, in moments of candour, hinted that their motivations for transition are unrelated to actual gender dysphoria.
Angus Fox
· 11 min read
I Retired First
Our brains are driven to seek calmness as we age.
Gregory J. Beaupre
· 13 min read
For Our Own Good, We All Need a Glimpse of the Evil Queen
I have never seen a dream present something I believed to be untrue.
Jordan Peterson
· 11 min read
Does Suffering Provide Meaning and Purpose in Life?—A Reply to Freya India
Integral to this is the issue of how much personal responsibility one should assume for a given outcome and why.
Paul Sturdee
· 7 min read
The Evolutionary Advantages of Playing Victim
Scholars from the Immorality Lab at the University of British Columbia created a victim-signaling scale that measures how frequently people tell others of the disadvantages, challenges, and misfortunes they suffer.
Cory Clark
· 7 min read
Towards Practical Empowerment
In A Critique of Anti-Racism, I offer empowerment theory as a framework for anti-racist work, whether it is activism or pedagogy.
Erec Smith
· 10 min read
My White Privilege Didn’t Save Me. But God Did
Because of my experiences, and the newly fashionable denial of reality being promoted by progressives, I find myself sitting with the politically homeless.
Edie Wyatt
· 12 min read
Retracting a Controversial Paper Won’t Help Female Scientists
No scientific study is perfect and AlShebli et al.’s is certainly no exception.
Tania Reynolds
· 18 min read