Society

When skepticism collides with human experience. The societal implications of scientific skepticism.

Philosophy

The impressive thing about AI isn’t whether it thinks – it’s how well it can judge how we think

Aaron Rabinowitz -
Whether acting as a sycophantic friend or a rigorous agnostic, AI can't think for itself – but it can show a sophisticated understanding of us.
History

No lucky guess: James Costa argues Alfred Russel Wallace was Charles Darwin’s intellectual equal

Ted Lefroy -
While common retelling of the story paints Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace as rivals, in truth they were intellectual equals.
Climate Change

Why does the political right still hate electric vehicles and dismiss green energy?

Tim Jokl -
Electric vehicles and clean energy technology are real, current, and effective solutions - so why are the right wing still so opposed?
Extremism

We can ban under 16s from social media, but children are not the most at risk from radicalisation

Michael Marshall -
While the UK has moved to limit the harms of social media by restricting access for children, Facebook and Twitter continue to radicalise people of all ages.
Alternative Medicine

From growing basil to curing disease, pseuodscientists find support in the Qur’an

Stefano Bigliardi -
While pseudoscience is not unique to Islam - nor more pervasive within the religion - it is important to challenge where the Qur’an is used to support clearly pseudoscientific ideas.
Politics

Is the origin of government itself actually just a conspiracy to oppress us?

Mark Horne -
Conspiracy theorists like to posit that the idea of government was invented to extract their wealth and power – history at least partly suggests otherwise.
Society

Good skin, good girl: the subtle misogyny of the ‘no make-up’ look

Megan Tan Shu En -
The 'no make-up' trend isn't just about looking good, but to do so effortlessly – playing into society's expectation that women ensure they're never 'too much'.
Climate Change

Green rapture: Sarah Wilson’s best-selling guide to the apocalypse for the worried well

Ted Lefroy -
Sarah Wilson's best-seller 'I Eat The Stars’ posits that societal collapse is inevitable - but her evidence is weak, and her arguments ideological and highly-selective.
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