Immanuel Kant Against Elitism The post-truth era is surely a reaction against elitism and supposed experts. Jacob Phillips 11 Jan 2018 · 9 min read
Serwer Error: Misunderstanding Trump Voters A little over a month ago, the Atlantic published a long article by senior editor Adam Serwer entitled “The Nationalist’s Delusion.” The essay provoked considerable discussion and MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell described it as “mandatory reading.” Serwer challenges the narrative that Trump’s unlikely electoral triumph was propelled Zach Goldberg 1 Jan 2018 · 7 min read
Were Trump Voters Irrational? The value of winning a kayaking trip in a raffle is measured in its consumption utility, not its monetary value. Keith E. Stanovich 28 Sep 2017 · 26 min read
The Runaway Executive ‘Everyone else has to march up East Street in the heat,’ he’d go on, ‘or make arrangements with my pupil’ (that pupil was me). ‘Why shouldn’t they?’ Helen Dale 20 Feb 2017 · 5 min read
Reassessing Cultural Divisions in the United States There can be no doubt that the current American political landscape is characterized by polarization and extremism in many forms. Preston Stovall 13 Jan 2017 · 9 min read
The BuzzFeed Fiasco Shows Us Why Trust in Institutions Is Dying If this information about an American leader were true, it would be frankly unprecedented. At the same time, the information is also extremely suspect. Sumantra Maitra 11 Jan 2017 · 6 min read
Donald Trump and the Failure of Mainstream Social Science Part III However, if we look to other situations I think there is at least grounds for further reflection. Let’s consider two situations. Uri Harris 16 Nov 2016 · 4 min read
Donald Trump and the Failure of Mainstream Social Science Part II Large portion of social scientists seem to hold their surprise and perplexity as a badge of honour, rather than as an opportunity to improve their models of human behaviour. Uri Harris 14 Nov 2016 · 4 min read
Cut Out The "Literally Hitler" Hysteria Human societies, generally are conservative, and they prefer primarily two things, order and rule of law in society, and the perceived safety of one’s own tribe. Sumantra Maitra 14 Nov 2016 · 7 min read
Donald Trump and the Failure of Mainstream Social Science Many social scientists have quite openly voiced surprise and perplexity at both the Trump and Brexit events Uri Harris 12 Nov 2016 · 4 min read
Corporate America’s Old Boys’ Club is Dead and Why Big Business Couldn’t Stop Trump The question is: Is that entirely a good thing? As our research – and Trump’s rise – shows, not necessarily. Johan Chu and Jerry Davis 22 Oct 2016 · 6 min read
The Clickbait Candidate Trump presidency is the fact that those opposing his candidacy seem to have almost no understanding of the media dynamics that have enabled it to rise and thrive. James Williams 3 Oct 2016 · 12 min read
Five Key Debate Moments That Altered the Course of a Presidential Race Some famous moments in debate history have reinforced the public’s negative perceptions of candidates, while other key moments have helped dispel such notions. Robert Speel 26 Sep 2016 · 6 min read
The Paradox of Democracy The entire idea of democracy is predicated on two essential assumptions, that humans will value knowledge, and humans will decide on the basis of rationality. Sumantra Maitra 10 Sep 2016 · 7 min read
Is Donald Trump a Narcissist and Is He Fit for Office? Mr. Trump’s social media has many examples of narcissistic traits (and, of course, self-promoting social media use in general is linked to grandiose narcissism. W Keith Campbell 28 Aug 2016 · 13 min read
