brian gallagher
Wikipedia and the Wisdom of Polarized Crowds
A lesson in how to break out of filter bubbles.
The Well-Meaning Bad Ideas Spoiling a Generation
Psychologist Jonathan Haidt on politics, morality, and the coddling of the American mind.
Why Misinformation Is About Who You Trust, Not What You Think
Two philosophers of science diagnose our age of fake news.
The Case for Professors of Stupidity
The greatest problem facing the world today is a rule system.
The Woman Who Reinvented the Moon
A MacArthur “genius grant” winner writes a new lunar origin story.
Forget Everything You Think You Know About Time
A theoretical physicist challenges our common notions about the fourth dimension.
How Genes Refract Chance
The geneticist Siddhartha Mukherjee discusses the influence of modern genetics on our ideas of chance and fate.
Larry David and the Game Theory of Anonymous Donations
What your generosity signals about you.
Are Suicide Bombings Really Driven by Ideology?
The surprising anthropology of group identity.