Science - Quillette (Page 5)

Why Have So Many American Conservatives Embraced COVID-19 Pseudoscience?

But what I’m describing here isn’t evidence-driven debate: It’s angry, ideologically driven luddite mysticism masquerading as hard-headed conservative skepticism.

Nidra Poller

23 Jul 2020 · 7 min read

On Steve Hsu and the Campaign to Thwart Free Inquiry

It is not unreasonable to consider avoiding research that risks creating unmanageable divisions.

Peter Toshev

1 Jul 2020 · 6 min read

From South American Anthropology to Gender-Crit Cancel Culture: My Strange Feminist Journey

Anthropology taught me how to spot this instinct. Gender-critical feminists taught me how to stand up to it.

Kathleen Lowrey

12 Jun 2020 · 13 min read

Capitalism or the Climate?

Technological knowledge, fueled by capital, has allowed us to do many things categorically unlike the achievements of other species as far as we know.

Saul Zimet

17 May 2020 · 14 min read

Human Challenge Trials—A Coronavirus Taboo

If we can overcome the taboos surrounding HCTs, they can become a game changer in combating the coronavirus and limiting its ruinous effects on countless lives.

William Wiebe

1 May 2020 · 10 min read

Declining Med School Standards in a Time of Pandemic

The language of the social justice Left began appearing in diversity statements at even the most elite schools.

Steve Salerno

11 Apr 2020 · 6 min read

The Complicated Science of a Medically Assisted Death

Physicians started to prepare families for the possibility of a delayed death.

Anita Hannig

18 Mar 2020 · 12 min read

I May Have Gender Dysphoria. But I Still Prefer to Base My Life on Biology, Not Fantasy

For the rest of society to acquiesce to this lie is not only a betrayal of science, but of democracy.

Debbie Hayton

2 Feb 2020 · 9 min read

An Evolutionary Explanation for Unscientific Beliefs

To understand morality from an evolutionary point of view, one needs to realize that humans have always existed in groups.

Brandon Bretl

13 Jan 2020 · 6 min read

How CRISPR-Enabled Gene Editing Could Change Our World: A Huntington's Disease Case Study

Because Huntington’s disease is caused by a single gene mutation, it is a prime early target for clinical trials involving somatic cell genome editing.

Françoise Baylis

18 Dec 2019 · 9 min read

GM Crops Like Golden Rice Will Save the Lives of Hundreds of Thousands of Children

The International Rice Research Institute developed numerous different Golden Rice strains back-crossed into commonly grown varieties, behind tough security barriers because of constant threats from activists encouraged by Greenpeace.

Matt Ridley

1 Dec 2019 · 11 min read

What Would It Take to Run a 1:50 Marathon?

Hope had been expressed during the early part of this century that DNA testing might be used to identify individuals with exceptional athletic ability.

Michael Joyner

23 Nov 2019 · 6 min read

Climate Change—Assessing the Worst Case Scenario

The activist group Extinction Rebellion is telling us that climate change represents “an unprecedented global emergency” and is calling for radical measures to deal with it.

Dagfinn Reiersøl

7 Nov 2019 · 11 min read

What Is Autogynephilia? An Interview with Dr Ray Blanchard

Modern trans activists reframed transsexualism/transgenderism as a political problem rather than a clinical problem.

Louise Perry

6 Nov 2019 · 10 min read

The Danger Is Real: Why We’re All Wired for ‘Constructive Conspiracism’

In recent years, psychologists and political scientists have identified several factors that influence conspiratorial thinking, such as political orientation, race and power (or the lack thereof). These are proximate causes of conspiracism.

Michael Shermer

31 Oct 2019 · 10 min read