# science
Evolutionary psychology sounds like a fruitful pursuit, but it's probably barking up the wrong tree as a discipline.
# politics
When you don't understand how the world is changing, you can either learn more about it, or you can weave a conspiracy theory to explain it. Why do so many choose the latter?
# politics
Comparing what America and the USSR did to their own citizens during the Cold War is a fool's errand. The USSR was objectively worse to its people.
# science
Biologos openly declares that the only science they will accept is science tinged by a heavy religious bias.
# science
Embryos outside of Earth's gravity seem to have a hard time developing, meaning that reproduction in space requires a far more fine tuned environment.
# science
Believe it or not, there's a growing group of people trying to cherry-pick a medical case that obesity isn't bad for you.
# tech
DARPA wants machines that can look at video and not just see what's in the frame, but understand it.
# tech
Some recent AI papers suggest training robots like you would train intelligent animals. The question is why you would need to do that.
# sex
Fresh off a child molestation scandal, the Pope is trying to dictate Span's sex ed curriculums.
# politics
When you spend your days fear-mongering and creating imaginary existential threats, is it any wonder if violence breaks out as a consequence?
# space
Tau Zero Foundation's founder's interpretation of the Earth's energy generation projections profoundly misunderstands its own point.
# tech
The internet is failing to live up to its utopian ideals for a simple reason. A lot of people just want to reach out to hate someone, not make friends.
# tech
A lot of popular science writers who don't know how AI is developed are hyping a Skynet scenario. Don't believe them.
# politics
Pundits are waking up to the fact that in the aftermath of the Great Recession, the youth of today is being set up for failure.
# science
Another year, another mandatory post about how global warming actually works and why a warm planet can still have snow and ice.
