A collection of 56 posts
Is it possible to see if someone is high in g by their brain activity on a PET scan or fMRI scan – and if so, what does it look like?
What, I wondered, would have happened had Jesus emerged in a Roman Empire that had gone through an industrial revolution?
GMOs interact with wider global systems that they could potentially undermine, with terrible consequence.
Agriculture brought with it enormous benefits, including a larger trading network, a greater division of labor, and even some genetic changes that we’re better off with than without.
As a result, Bitcoin is starting to look like a credible investment in any respectable financial portfolio.
“Character is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.” And what better marker of character is there than a smile?
At the height of the Cold War, Western Marxists foresaw that the opportunity for an armed socialist revolution was bleak.
Rene Girard’s writing on mimesis raises several interesting questions about the current moment.
In a world where blank-slatism, anti-vaccine rhetoric, myths about the effects of parenting, and climate change denial persist and even thrive.
Now, let’s consider for a moment the practical consequences of this theory for our representative democracy.
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This can only go on for so long before people push back.
Some economists predict that increasing government spending now, say on infrastructure projects, will “stimulate” the economy by putting money in workers’ pockets.
The most obvious and useful examples of current AI are the speech recognition on your phone, and search engines such as Google.
Haidt and others formed the Heterodox Academy, which is dedicated to arguing for a more intellectually diverse academy and now has almost 900 members.