New kinds of media, like television in the last century or the internet in this one, first register doubt in…
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Yes. Yes it does. Here is how we know.
A primatologist claims Chris Ryan has got the facts on bonobos wrong.
Almost exactly two years ago I posted a critical analysis of a talk given by Rebecca Watson at a skeptic…
Do we? In this TAM2013 talk, Russell argues we have the “extraordinary evidence.” That is to say, we have the…
In discussions of sexual assault, people are often talking past each other, writing each other off, or battling over who should be assumed correct before the evidence is known. For these reasons, Tavris’s talk was a breath of fresh air.
Herein I reply to a critic on the topic of the clitoris and female orgasm which I wrote about last year. Disagreement about sex? Sounds crazy, but it can happen.
The public adulation for bonobo society might be ill-considered upon more careful consideration.
Video gaming rivals the movie business in size and exceeds it in consumer time spent. But why do we like video games? Especially seemingly awful birdy fare?
Frequently Unasked Questions The satirical image and caption at right are taken from Our Dumb Century, a publication of the…