Unable to secure passage of a federal constitutional amendment abolishing the Electoral College, several opponents of the Electoral College have sought to establish the direct, popular election of the...

Democratic socialists are always talking about what they will do in the future. That is because they would rather we forget what they did in the past.

In the wake of the short but steep COVID-19 recession, house prices have risen at record levels in recent months, hitting the peak increase of 19.3 percent in July 2021.

Why consciousness is more likely a property of life than of computation and why creating conscious, or even conscious-seeming AI, is a bad idea.

Earlier this year, I (Anna) did something that my friends feared I would come to regret: I publicly spoke out against the intrusion of illiberal thought

Materialism is a whole battery of blatant fallacies.

loose language fuels bad analysis and bad public understanding

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

On Tuesday, the largest automotive lobbying group released a handful of safety guidelines related to driver monitoring for vehicles equipped with driver-assistance features. It’s pageantry designed to...

I haven’t done a “Physicists say the darndest things” post in a while.  People usually ask me to write one up every time a Lawrence Krauss, ...

The common good demands that you are poor.

Positing that free markets are somehow antithetical to human dignity is explicitly progressive framing.

Organizers across the country are using every tool in their arsenal against Flock surveillance cameras.

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

Ram’s decision to resurrect the Hemi isn’t logical. It’s based on emotion, identity, and the unmistakable sound that built a loyal following.

This report features 13 companies, including Turbonetics Inc., Rotomaster International, Garrett Motion Inc., Borgwarner Inc., Precision Turbo & Engine Inc., BMTS Technology GmbH & Co. KG

Explore the USA automotive turbocharger market, driven by emission norms, fuel efficiency demand, and technological advancements in engine performance.

If reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a worthwhile goal, we should pursue policies that directly address the problem and utilize prices rather than regulation to reduce emissions.

Large language models (LLMs) are widely described as artificial intelligence, yet their epistemic profile diverges sharply from human cognition. Here we show that the apparent alignment between human ...

633 quotes from Friedrich A. Hayek: 'From the fact that people are very different it follows that, if we treat them equally, the result must be inequality in their actual position, and that the only w...

Over at his own blog, One Brow (who sometimes comments on this blog) responds to my recent post on the Wright-Coyne-Manzi debate. I apprec...

Causal inference is a core task of science. However, authors and editors often refrain from explicitly acknowledging the causal goal of research projects; they refer to causal effect estimates as asso...

Seven ways in which human reasoning differs from large language model "reasoning."

Lee Smolin: I used to think that my job as a physicist was this kind of mystical transcendent undertaking to transcend the daily reality and experience of the world and discover this timeless represen...

On Tuesday, a divided Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship and offered a broad constitutional understanding of the right to automatic citizenshi...

China leads the world in renewables, but its coal use and surging energy demand have made it the largest driver of rising global CO2 emissions.

At first glance, that title sounds absurd. Of course we have freedom of religion in the United States—it's one of our most cherished rights. But if by “freedom of religion” we mean the unlimited right...

In recent years, the LGBTQ+ movement and its primary symbol, the pride flag, have undergone a significant evolution. While early iterations…

You have never met a norm-maker

Pope Leo's wise but frustrating first missive on AI

Objectivism in Turkey has risen and fallen in recent decades, but is newly rejuvenated.

Government spending and inflation are sending long-term yields higher across the developed world. Will the 30-year Treasury yield 6% in a year?

Whatever happens in Kentucky's GOP primary, the populist right no longer even pretends to care about spending or government overreach.

How AI changes relative value in the academic knowledge economy

The Dose (May 12)

“As the world turns, it makes no sense for contemporary society to pledge allegiance to the founding era’s culture, realities, laws, and understanding of the Constitution. ‘The thing about the old day...