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Terrorism the fruit of sincerity, intelligence and a need for consistency
Robin Hanson explains idealistic outliers: “Humans are built to be hypocritical, i.e., to give lip service and soft thought to high ideals, while mostly acting to achieve low practical personal ends....
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We may never civilise the wilderness, but we are on track to destroy it
Wild animals can count on human avarice, but not compassion, to end their suffering. David Pearce endorses reprogramming nature to reduce wild animal suffering: “A biosphere without suffering is...
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Smart strange syndrome
Smart people are more likely to develop and hold new and unusual beliefs: More intelligent people are significantly more likely to exhibit social values and religious and political preferences that are...
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Were you against apartheid?
Food for thought from Let Their People Come (page 79): There is a story that while perhaps apocryphal is nonetheless instructive. During its waning days, the international condemnation of South...
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Is a world without nuclear weapons a safer world?
All the recent talk about nuclear disarmament reminded me of a paper by Tom Schelling. As described by Dan Cole: “In the Fall 2009 issue of Daedalus, Tom Schelling explains cogently why a world without...
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Near and far thinking diagram
One way of explaining inconsistencies in human belief and behaviour is to model us as having multiple minds which rarely interact directly. Each set of views and pattern of thinking are brought to the...
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