On Biology and Politics
Why the Left must take human evolution seriously.
Patrick Whittle
· 22 min read
Science / Tech
A collection of 320 posts
Getting Better All the Time
Hannah Ritchie’s new book offers reasons to be cheerful about the present and the future.
Sean Welsh
· 12 min read
Is the CRISPR Revolution Finally Coming to Europe?
The European Parliament has at last voted to make it easier to grow and consume genetically engineered food. But the road ahead remains bumpy.
Steven E. Cerier, Jon Entine
· 13 min read
Is Life Coaching Just Modern Sophistry?
The popularity of a trend does not necessarily make it ethical.
Andrew White
· 13 min read
Sex Differences in the Brain and the Mind
Men’s and women’s brains are biased to notice and process different aspects of the social and physical world.
David C. Geary
· 12 min read
Intelligence and Health Outcomes
The importance of cognitive ability to disparities in human health is being overlooked.
Robert J. Morris
· 9 min read
Robert Kemp Adair (1924–2020)—Notes on a Friendship
Reflections on the life and work of a superb scientist, for whom integrity and rigor were paramount.
Geoffrey C. Kabat
· 19 min read
Stupidity as Moral Negligence
Those guilty of political stupidity do not necessarily suffer from a lack of reasoning skills.
J.P. de Ruiter
· 9 min read
Mortuary Archaeology
Death, DNA, and the culture wars.
Jon Entine, Patrick Whittle
· 14 min read
To Accelerate or Decelerate AI: That is the Question
Explaining the “accel/decel” split at the heart of the OpenAI power struggle.
Sean Welsh, Michael Timothy Bennett
· 13 min read
Introducing Justapedia
A new alternative to Wikipedia has arrived. Can it succeed where others have failed?
Shuichi Tezuka
· 24 min read
Why We Should Settle Mars
Space exploration will bring us inventions that benefit humanity. And it will help us avoid war.
Robert Zubrin
· 13 min read
Forget About Overpopulation, Soon There Will Be Too Few Humans
The more people there are, the more solutions to problems will be found.
Maarten Boudry
· 8 min read
Robert Sapolsky is Wrong
A new book about free will fails to offer an original argument or make a convincing case.
Stuart Doyle
· 13 min read
Who Should Fund Science?
The notion that governments should fund science is built on falsehoods.
Zachary Robert Caverley
· 17 min read