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The Stupid Issue

Why We Think We Know More Than We Do

Breaking down the famous “Dunning-Kruger effect” with David Dunning himself

July 29, 2026

When Stupid Was a Diagnosis

A dark history that is in danger of returning as support for people with disabilities withers

July 24, 2026

Why Are We Using Machines to Study Our Inner Lives?

Increasingly scientists are testing chatbots rather than humans in experiments

What Makes Humans Stupid

It takes intelligence to get things spectacularly wrong. An essay on our undoing.

Coincidences in My Life Have Me Wondering

My search for a hidden structure to astronomically unlikely occurrences