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
· 8 min read
Science / Tech
A collection of 318 posts
Is Sociogenomics Racist?
Those scientists who want to draw attention to the racial bias in genetic research but who don’t want to acknowledge the scientific validity of race are in a tricky position.
Toby Young
· 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
· 6 min read
Why Politics Needs the Futuristic Perspective
What if all the Trump voters weren’t scared of immigrants taking their jobs, but instead were scared of robots taking their jobs (a much more likely scenario)?
Peter Clarke
· 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
· 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
· 18 min read
Giving the Devil His Due: Why Freedom of Inquiry in Science and Politics is Inviolable
Michael Shermer
· 14 min read
The Trouble with Technocracy
Elon Musk offers a good example of how technocrats don’t always get it right, and why trusting them with the world’s progress is risky.
Lyle Broom
· 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
· 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
· 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 “science”.
Adam Perkins
· 7 min read
What the Alt-Right Gets Wrong About Jews
To understand the alt-right’s anti-Semitism, we must understand MacDonald’s ideas, particularly as outlined in his most influential book, The Culture of Critique.
Jonathan Anomaly, Nathan Cofnas
· 10 min read
The Case for Electric Vehicles
Electric vehicles are currently being designed to drive for longer and in a more efficient manner than traditional, fossil fuel-burning vehicles.
Brandon J. Weichert
· 7 min read
Is There a Future for Human Spaceflight?
In this article a number of observations are discussed that point toward a human spaceflight future deeply buried in uncertainty.
Philip Backman
· 16 min read
Would You Opt for Immortality?
Michael Shermer
· 5 min read