Right of Reply: Our Response to Jerry Coyne
Careless in his facts, Coyne is also careless in his references.
Günter Bechly, Brian Miller and David Berlinski
· 14 min read
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Hong Kong: First Line of Defence against a Rising Fascist Power
The total authoritarian control that Xi craves has been denied to him for the first time since he took office.
Aaron Sarin
· 7 min read
The Case for Black Optimism
The narrative of doom and gloom is misleading.
Coleman Hughes
· 11 min read
How to Be a Dictator—A Review
Dictators were portrayed as omnipotent and omnibenevolent, as such they stood above criticism.
Gustav Jönsson
· 7 min read
'Cancel Culture,' Roaring Twenties-Style
The term “cancel culture” has become hotly contested of late. Critics say it is indiscriminately used to describe different degrees of mass opprobrium produced by transgressions that range from the trivial to the criminal. Now, while mob justice is never a particularly good idea, it is certainly true that some
Kevin Mims
· 12 min read
The Human Skills AI Can't Replace
Today’s inductive AI can only solve problems in the narrow problem space we predefine.
William J. Littlefield II
· 10 min read
The Cancelation of Shane Gillis Provides the Mob with Another Win
It’s easy to join a Twitter mob. You take zero risk if the takedown doesn’t work, but you pretend you’re Rosa Parks if it does.
Jamie Kilstein
· 7 min read
No One Is Born in ‘The Wrong Body’
The fact is, no child is actually born in the wrong body.
Postmodernism's Dead End
Equally important is that this new definition of usefulness extends to nonhuman nature as well.
Maximilian Werner
· 10 min read
Why Has Kamala Harris's Campaign Fizzled?
The logic of a Harris candidacy rests on her coalition-building skills.
Josh Adams
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How the Trans-Rights Movement Is Turning Philosophers Into Activists
Can we not treat trans people as the sex they identify with for almost all purposes, and still make some distinctions when it comes to female-only spaces, services and provisions?
Holly Lawford-Smith
· 17 min read
Michel Houellebecq: Populism's Prophet
Populism has been unpacked, dissected, defined, and analysed, and the results have all been discouraging.
G. Gavin Collins
· 16 min read
In the U.S. Campus Speech Wars, Palestinian Advocacy Is a Blind Spot
This silencing campaign presents itself as inclusive and therapeutic. In reality, it poses a significant threat to intellectual and academic freedom, yet one that seems perennially overlooked in the campus speech wars.
Andy Lamey
· 19 min read
Diet Reporting—the Real Fake News
Experimentation is usually impossible for ethical and practical reasons—subjects cannot be sacrificed and dissected to see the physiological effects of different food regimens.
John Staddon
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Confessions of a Social Constructionist
If I had known, 20 years ago, that my side in the ideological wars over gender and sex was going to win so decisively, I would have been ecstatic
Christopher Dummitt
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