Sociology's Stagnation
The curricula of sociology departments are so deeply flawed that they will need to be revised from the ground up.
Brian Boutwell
· 11 min read
Science / Tech
A collection of 383 posts
Why Social Scientists Should Not Participate in the March for Science
Why? For one, there is very little political and ideological diversity in the social sciences.
Clay Routledge
· 6 min read
If You’re Reading This Essay, You Should Probably Have (More) Children
A number of popular articles (and books) have implored people to have fewer children as a way of minimizing anthropogenic global warming.
Jonathan Anomaly, Brian Boutwell
· 6 min read
Medicine Must Not Forget the Psychosocial
The real beauty of the biopsychosocial approach is that it has application to the individual (both in terms of causal explanation and of treatment offered), to the wider population, and to research.
Tim Rogers
· 8 min read
Science as Art
All of this discussion leaves unanswered the question of how we decide if something represents a breakthrough — after all, there isn’t an international court of arbitration for creativity.
Adam Perkins
· 9 min read
Why Universities Should Get Rid of PowerPoint and Why They Won't
Overreliance on slides has contributed to the absurd belief that expecting and requiring students to read books, attend classes, take notes and do homework is unreasonable.
Paul Ralph
· 4 min read
On the Reality of Race & the Abhorrence of Racism Part II: Human Biodiversity & Its Implications
This can be avoided with a moratorium, but then we’re back to square one. This sparks a near infinite regress of bad options.
Brian Boutwell
· 12 min read
The Future of Genetic Enhancement Is Not in the West
If the critics are correct that human enhancement is unethical, dangerous or both, then yes, emergence in China would be worrying.
G Owen Schaefer
· 5 min read
Why Pokemon Go Became an Instant Phenomenon
These sorts of games are designed to maximize fun for a wide age range, and are typically extremely quick to grasp.
Katherine Isbister
· 4 min read
Marketing Grit: When Science Lags Behind Populism
But the real reason for Duckworth’s genius is that she’s been able to do all of this based on shaky science.
Parker Brown
· 6 min read
Evolutionary Conflict and the Family
We should start at the beginning, which is to say, conception. That magical moment when sperm meets egg holds an important insight.
Brian Boutwell
· 10 min read
Why Innovation Requires Economic Freedom
Because of its emphasis on the heritability of acquired characteristics, Lysenkoism found itself at home and became an official dogma of Communist ideology.
Aaron Tao
· 5 min read
Evolving Our Way to Artificial Intelligence
If the AI that controls other players evolved, it may go through the same steps that made our brain work.
Arend Hintze
· 5 min read
Unscrambling the Second Law of Thermodynamics
All these specific conditions (loud volume, correct support, a vowel that works) must be met in order to sing a high note.
Brendon Brewer
· 15 min read
Business Journals Vow to Publish Studies That Prove Nothing
It will be important to see how many researchers and journals indeed opt to publish null-findings, and whether and how that affects their impact factor and ranking over time.
Ramon Wenzel
· 5 min read