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America's Most Prominent Cult Expert is a Conspiracy Theorist and a Hack
Steven Hassan has been America’s most prominent cult expert for decades. After briefly joining the Moonies cult, he reinvented himself as an anti-cult…
Jan 10
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October 2023
How Skeptical Are We Allowed to Be?
What Paranormal Challenges Say About the Probability of the Supernatural
Oct 24, 2023
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The Bankman-Frieds as Lukewarm Utilitarians
Did Sam Bankman-Fried allegedly commit one of the world’s largest crypto-frauds because he was just trying too hard to help people? SBF identified as a…
Oct 12, 2023
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November 2022
The Powerball Lottery Is Now Positive Expected Value for Many Charitable Americans
Disclaimer: I’m not a lawyer or accountant. Check my work and your own situation before spending money on lottery tickets. I think the calculations are…
Nov 6, 2022
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September 2022
Smart Movements Start Academic Disciplines
There’s a lot of academic disciplines out there. And sometimes new ones emerge. I have a semi-defensive philosopher friend who likes to explain how many…
Sep 25, 2022
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The Base Rate of Longtermism Is Bad
Sometimes philosophers make bold, sweeping claims for other philosophers and modest, palatable claims for the general public. Consider Peter Singer’s…
Sep 5, 2022
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August 2022
Toby Ord’s The Scourge, Reviewed
On a recent Wednesday afternoon, I was having lunch with a friend and mentioned that some of my friends donated money to buy bed nets to prevent…
Aug 30, 2022
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Pay Apostate Pastors to Quit
An Economic Solution to a Theological Problem
Aug 19, 2022
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Against Loneliness
Americans are born into smaller families than before, with fewer brothers, sisters, and cousins. They’re less likely to marry and less likely to have…
Aug 10, 2022
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July 2022
One Million Missing Children
On average, American women have approximately one-half a child fewer than desired. With approximately 2 million American women turning 45 each year, the…
Jul 11, 2022
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The Case for Making Professional Degrees Undergraduate Degrees
In the United States, there are many professions that are generally impossible to enter without both a graduate professional degree and an undergraduate…
Jul 8, 2022
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June 2022
Before There Was Effective Altruism, There Was Effective Philanthropy
Some charities and donors spend a lot of money and mean well but fail to truly help anyone. What are the best things for philanthropically minded people…
Jun 26, 2022
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