The Death of a Dreamer When a public figure makes a mistake there seems to be a much stronger, more intense and quicker backlash. Will Storr 30 Jan 2019 · 16 min read
The Right Needs To Grow Up On Environmentalism All of us hope to enjoy our lives, of course, but much of what we do to help our fellow men, our children, and our childrenâs children involves sacrificing our immediate enjoyment for the sake of their interests. Ben Sixsmith 25 Jan 2019 · 10 min read
Is It Sexual Harassment to Discuss this Article? This increases the likelihood that individuals who cross the line by discussing sex differences will be warned not to repeat the behavior and will probably be okay as long as they comply. Stuart Reges 17 Nov 2018 · 8 min read
A World Without Animal Farming Consumption decreases when people abandon animal products for aesthetic reasons, and aesthetic converts might become moral converts later. Spencer Case 7 Nov 2018 · 8 min read
Is Sociogenomics Racist? Those scientists who want to draw attention to the racial bias in genetic research but who donât want to acknowledge the scientific validity of race are in a tricky position. Toby Young 15 Oct 2018 · 22 min read
Exterminate Mosquitoes for the Sake of Humanity If we are worried about the loss of diversity, we could eliminate the human-biting mosquitoes and spend a few million dollars helping, say, endangered beetles. James D. Miller 7 Sep 2018 · 6 min read
Why Politics Needs the Futuristic Perspective What if all the Trump voters werenât scared of immigrants taking their jobs, but instead were scared of robots taking their jobs (a much more likely scenario)? Peter Clarke 20 Aug 2018 · 5 min read
The Transhumanism Revolution: Oppression Disguised as Liberation The transhumanist perspective insists that humans have a distinctly separate mind and body, and that what happens to one need not affect the other. Libby Emmons 11 Jul 2018 · 10 min read
Why Women Don't Code Those of us who disagree with current diversity efforts need to speak up and share our honest opinions, even if doing so puts us at risk. Stuart Reges 19 Jun 2018 · 18 min read
Giving the Devil His Due: Why Freedom of Inquiry in Science and Politics is Inviolable Michael Shermer 10 Jun 2018 · 14 min read
The Trouble with Technocracy Elon Musk offers a good example of how technocrats donât always get it right, and why trusting them with the worldâs progress is risky. Lyle Broom 4 Jun 2018 · 8 min read
Communicating Science in an Era of Post-Truth The solution seemed to be clear: educate the public and they will accept the science. Ryan Glaubke 29 May 2018 · 8 min read
Is the Internet Complete? Is it possible that innovation is not only stalling in non-tech areas, but in tech itself? Could we make an argument to say that the internet itself is, in fact, complete? Alex Smith 17 Apr 2018 · 5 min read
The Scientific Importance of Free Speech These are merely tools that help us to accomplish a far greater mission, which is to choose between rival narratives, in the vicious, no-holds-barred battle of ideas that we call âscienceâ. Adam Perkins 13 Apr 2018 · 7 min read
What the Alt-Right Gets Wrong About Jews To understand the alt-rightâs anti-Semitism, we must understand MacDonaldâs ideas, particularly as outlined in his most influential book, The Culture of Critique. Jonathan Anomaly / Nathan Cofnas 15 Mar 2018 · 10 min read
