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Introduction: Here's a misconception about World War II that I think is harmful and I don't see refuted often enough. Misconception: In 19

There's been a lot of fuss lately about Google's gadgets. Computers can drive cars - pretty amazing, eh? I guess. But what amazed me as a ch

Dr. Jubjub: Sir, I have been running some calculations and I’m worried about the way our slithy toves are heading. Prof. Bandersnatch: Huh

This topic is in vogue, so here's my pitch. My fellow humans, I have some bad news and some good news. The bad news is that you are likely

A long blog post explains why the author, a feminist, is not comfortable with the rationalist community despite thinking it is "super cool a

An episode of the Noddy animated series has the following plot. Noddy needs to go pick up Martha Monkey at the station. But it's such a ni

A new session of Iceland's parliament convened on Saturday, opening with a religious service as is traditional. For the last couple of years

Summary: Rigorous scientific experiments are hard to apply in daily life but we still want to try out and evaluate things like self-improvem