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Religion, Stories, and How We Carry Truths

April 15, 2016Tod Kelly 3 Comments

Over at Slate Star Codex, Scott Alexander has posted a theory in regards to the origins of religion, and why they are both so ubiquitous and powerful in different cultures. It is not a particular revolutionary theory — and to be… Continue Reading →

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In Which I Take the Free Scientology Personality Test and Become Even More Insuferable

April 4, 2016Tod Kelly 37 Comments

  Though it is 2:00 p.m. on a Tuesday, the Church of Scientology visitors center I am exploring is bustling with activity. It’s so full of people that I have to serpentine my way around bodies to get to my test-taking… Continue Reading →

Uncategorized affordable care act, James Franco, smartphones, universal health care

Dispatches from around the web

April 2, 2016Daniel Summers

Behold, dear readers, the first installment of an occasional, irregularly-spaced Blinded Trials feature! For those of you who might have a passing interest in reading what BT contributors might have written for other outlets, from time to time I’ll post… Continue Reading →

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On being Russell

March 28, 2016Russell Saunders 11 Comments

I decided to be Russell Saunders on the cusp of two jobs. Around the time I was leaving my previous practice for the one I’m part of now, the main blog that hosts this one (still known then as The… Continue Reading →

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Should a Free Press Ever Be Self-Limiting? Open Thread

March 24, 2016Elizabeth Picciuto 18 Comments

In post on Donald Trump’s not-so-veiled threats to spill the beans about Heidi Cruz, Callum Borchers of the Washington Post noted: “That’s the dilemma for the press. In any previous election, if the Republican presidential front-runner had threatened a rival’s… Continue Reading →

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Protip for People magazine

March 22, 2016Daniel Summers 7 Comments

Dear friends at People, It must be terribly disappointing to work hard on something, only to be forced to remove it. I know how frustrating it is when I’ve worked on an article, only to discover that it’s not going… Continue Reading →

Uncategorized Andrew Sullivan, Guantanamo Bay, jeffrey goldberg, PLoS Medicine, Spencer Ackerman

Online People & the Cashless Society

March 20, 2016Tod Kelly 7 Comments

Trigger Warning: This is going to be a long post, so those of you with short attention spans should turn back now. For everyone else, buckle in.   Over at Hit Coffee, friend and Ordinary colleague Gabriel Conroy quotes Megan McArdle’s… Continue Reading →

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Investing in People with Disablities

March 19, 2016Elizabeth Picciuto 24 Comments

These past few weeks I have had the pleasure of having a philosophical back and forth with someone with whom I went to grad school in philosophy. He is a political philosopher who has no background in disability studies, but (I… Continue Reading →

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Hello, I Must Be Going…

March 18, 2016Tod Kelly 1 Comment

Hello, World! My name is Tod, and I am the new Blinded Trials intern. Over the course of the coming weeks, months, and years, I will be fetching coffee, collating various reports, and picking up dry-cleaning for Russell and Elizabeth. I will… Continue Reading →

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Zootopia, che cozz?

March 17, 2016Elizabeth Picciuto 34 Comments

When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: institutional racism and crude Italian-American stereotypes. I had gone to see Zootopia with my kids. B/B+. Pretty… Continue Reading →

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