Authoritarianism is a Matter of Personality, Not Politics
Because democracy reflects the will of the majority, extremists will never win a fair election.
Adam Perkins
· 4 min read
Science
A collection of 159 posts
GI Diets Don't Work – Gut Bacteria and Dark Chocolate are a Better Bet for Losing Weight
The GI theory goes that there are many different types of carbs and they can be graded into how rapidly the body converts them into glucose.
Tim Spector
· 5 min read
The Next War Will Be an Information War, and We're Not Ready For It
Information warfare combines electronic warfare, cyberwarfare and psy-ops (psychological operations) into a single fighting organisation, and this will be central to all warfare in the future.
David Stupples
· 5 min read
Inside the Superforecasters
Tetlock recruited 284 pundits and had them make 82,000 individual predictions from 1983 to 2003.
Michael Story
· 6 min read
How Criminologists Who Study Biology are Shunned by Their Field
Biosocial criminologists endure reputational attacks often. The field of criminology is not an especially cordial place to work.
Brian Boutwell
· 11 min read
Why do we get songs stuck in our heads? Explaining your Earworm
It implies the effortlessness in which a fragment of a song, arriving in the inner ear without conscious effort, can continually loop and stick around.
Rebecca Gelding
· 4 min read
Calm Down, Activists. Science is Not So Sexist
Going into STEM does not define a woman's worth.
Claire Lehmann
· 7 min read
Happiness by Design—Paul Dolan
Dolan’s proposal is that shifting our attention away from constructed narratives to actual experiences is likely to make us a lot happier.
Claire Lehmann
· 6 min read
False Claims Undermine Good Causes
Domestic violence and family abuse are a scourge on all human societies. Events such as White Ribbon Day play an significant role in breaking down the shame and stigma which make it so hard for individuals to seek help.
Claire Lehmann
· 7 min read