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Bits and Bobs
Or "bits and pieces," if you prefer
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Dan Gardner
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The Just-World Fallacy
I'm depressed. Want to be depressed, too? I've got just the thing.
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Time is Magic
It can turn anything into a treasure
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Bits and Bobs
That's "bits and pieces" for the Americans among you
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"Are Women As Smart As Men?"
The absolutely scientific answer published a century ago
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The History of AI
It may be the Big New Thing, but it has a history we ignore at our peril
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April 2023
An Open Letter To Ken Burns
Americans need a documentary about World War One
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Is Gerald Ford to Blame for Donald Trump?
How counterfactuals can help clarify the past
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Elon Musk's Baby Talk
To understand demography, we need the long view
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Technology is not "inevitable"
Believing otherwise isn't merely wrong. It's dangerous.
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The Tombstone Mentality
Wait until people die: That's the usual road to regulation.
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