09/27/2021 - 1:01am

How rational is Steven Pinker’s world? The psychologist and writer is fighting an increasingly lonely battle against fanaticism

Razib Khan

01.06

The science of bullshit Never believe an expert who thinks that 'confidence is everything'

Tom Chivers

15.07

Why we stopped trusting ‘experts’ A new book exposes the most important science story of our time: the replication crisis

Oliver Traldi

14.07

Is there really a Covid mental health crisis? The coronavirus disaster has obviously brought with it an epidemic of anxiety and depression. Or has it?

Tom Chivers

29.06

There should never be heroes in science Some scientists make their careers by criticising other’s research. But who watches the watchmen?

Stuart Ritchie

31.03

Don’t trust the psychologists on coronavirus Many of the responses to Covid-19 come from a deeply-flawed discipline

Stuart Ritchie

15.08

Even experts are ignorant What crayfish can teach us about the limits of human knowledge

Sam Leith