179 | David Reich on Genetics and Ancient Humanity
Human beings like to divide themselves into groups, and then cooperate, socialize, and reproduce with members of their own group. […]
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165 | Kathryn Paige Harden on Genetics, Luck, and Fairness
It’s pretty clear that our genes affect, though they don’t completely determine, who we grow up to be; children’s physical
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164 | Herbert Gintis on Game Theory, Evolution, and Social Rationality
How human beings behave is, for fairly evident reasons, a topic of intense interest to human beings. And yet, not
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159 | Mari Ruti on Lack, Love, and Psychoanalysis
Neuroscience has given us great insights into how our brains work. But there is still room for purely humanistic disciplines
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156 | Catherine D’Ignazio on Data, Objectivity, and Bias
How can data be biased? Isn’t it supposed to be an objective reflection of the real world? We all know
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152 | Charis Kubrin on Criminology, Incarceration, and Hip-Hop
It’s all well and good to talk abstractly about morality and justice, but at some point you have to sit
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136 | Roderick Graham on Cyberspace, Race, and Cultural Conservatism
The internet has made it so much easier for people to talk to each other, in a literal sense. But
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133 | Ziya Tong on Realities We Don’t See
It’s a truism that what we see about the world is a small fraction of all that exists. At the
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114 | Angela Chen on Asexuality in a Sex-Preoccupied World
Sexuality is, and always has been, a topic that is endlessly fascinating but also contentious. You might think that asexuality
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113 | Cailin O’Connor on Game Theory, Evolution, and the Origins of Unfairness
You can’t always get what you want, as a wise person once said. But we do try, even when someone
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