Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class—A Review
Charles Murray believes in the values of Enlightenment: science and knowledge, truth and progress.
Dario Maestripieri
· 8 min read
Science / Tech
A collection of 311 posts
JK Rowling Is Right—Sex Is Real and It Is Not a "Spectrum"
Biological sex in humans is a binary system.
Colin Wright
· 14 min read
How Innovation Works—A Review
Ridley presents an inspiring view of history, because we are not merely the passive recipients of thousands of years of innovations. We can contribute to this endless chain of progress, if we so choose.
Logan Chipkin
· 8 min read
A Bolt in the Dark
The chaos of any moment, especially of a moment that requires one to spend a great deal of time alone, is an opportunity to engage with this deliberative way of living.
Erik Sheagren
· 10 min read
Social Distancing and Stay-Home Orders Are Likely To Save Millions
It was only after coronavirus proved so much more deadly in China and Italy that governments outside of Asia took dramatic actions including radical social distancing and stay-at-home orders.
Michael Shellenberger
· 3 min read
How To Think About Our Problems
To plan for problems ahead, such as droughts, was a better survival strategy than expecting an eternity of bountiful harvests.
Marian L. Tupy
· 6 min read
Should We Colonize Mars? The Fate of Humanity May One Day Depend on It
Do we have the right to supplant Martian life with our own? Yes—because a human life has more value than that of a bacterium.
Owen Lewis
· 7 min read
Sex Differences in Cognition
There is also a wide range of literature regarding sex differences in interest, which is also complicated, and which may explain a larger portion of the sex discrepancy in STEM careers.
Christopher J. Ferguson
· 8 min read
Andrew Yang—Technocratic Populist
Government and policy would be better off if they were presided over and/or dictated by technical experts.
Marshawn Brewer
· 12 min read
Science and Data: Notes on a Misconception
The theory that science is based on evidence derives from a philosophy known as empiricism.
Lucas Smalldon
· 7 min read
How Feminism Has Constrained Our Understanding of Gender
Feminist research into sex differences has typically concluded that the number of sex differences is small, and therefore unimportant, thus making the logical error that a small number of differences means those differences are inconsequential.
John Barry
· 7 min read
There is No ‘Gay Gene,’ but Sexuality is Affected by Many Genes of Small Effect
Day by day, as genetic science advances, it becomes ever clearer that all psychological traits are genetically influenced.
Jerry Barnett
· 4 min read
David Gelernter is Wrong About Ditching Darwin
The last lesson of Gelernter’s piece is that while we shouldn’t judge someone’s arguments by their credentials alone, neither should we give unwarranted credence to those who have impressive credentials, particularly when they pronounce on a field in which they lack expertise.
Jerry A. Coyne
· 11 min read
In Celebration of Errors
Shouting someone down for speaking a thought in public effectively ends the critical discussion. There can be no further exploration of why the idea at issue is wrong, or what kernel of truth there may be therein.
Logan Chipkin
· 6 min read
Abandon in Place: The Price of the First Steps to the Moon
Between July 20, 1969, and December 14, 1972, 12 Americans walked on the moon. Describing the remarkable and inspiring and fascinating how is usually the focus of books and documentaries.
Craig Colgan
· 10 min read