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Intuitive Ethics and Political Orientations: Testing Moral Foundations as a Theory of Political Ideology

Intuitive Ethics and Political Orientations: Testing Moral Foundations as a Theory of Political Ideology “We test these hypotheses and find substantial variability in individual-level moral foundations across time, and little evidence that these changes account for changes in political attitudes. We also find little evidence that moral foundations are heritable. These findings raise questions about […]

Kling vs. Haidt

Kling vs. Haidt from: April 11, 2016 at 05:34PM

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This is that story. It's a database horror story. How IP mapping turned a Kansas farm into a digital hell: https://t.co/VEW3y9esje — Kashmir Hill (@kashhill) April 10, 2016 via https://twitter.com/kashhill

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What can help poor kids thrive? https://t.co/begsLp6mHE — hilzoy (@hilzoy) April 10, 2016 via https://twitter.com/hilzoy

Early opposition to the jump shot

Early opposition to the jump shot from: April 9, 2016 at 12:32PM

Methodological Individualism, Libertarianism, and Conservatism

Methodological Individualism, Libertarianism, and Conservatism from: April 8, 2016 at 11:38PM

A Theory About Religion

A Theory About Religion from: April 7, 2016 at 11:41PM

International tax avoidance: Simple, independent and multinational; another trilemma

International tax avoidance: Simple, independent and multinational; another trilemma “The issue may be another example of that common political problem; the trilemma, under which three options are available, but only two at most can be selected. In this case, it is a simple tax system; independent national tax policies; and the existence of multinational companies […]

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But once you cease to be entertaining those meta issues come into play with a vengeance, like the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. — Christopher D. Long (@octonion) April 7, 2016 via https://twitter.com/octonion

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There are competitive issues and then there are meta issues, like the fans, media and league. — Christopher D. Long (@octonion) April 7, 2016 via https://twitter.com/octonion

It’s a Tesla

It’s a Tesla from: April 5, 2016 at 09:09AM

New Essay on Pros and Cons of Wealth

New Essay on Pros and Cons of Wealth from: April 5, 2016 at 09:01AM

The Ideology Is Not The Movement

The Ideology Is Not The Movement from: April 5, 2016 at 01:33AM

Human Sacrifice Is Linked To Social Hierarchies In New Study

Human Sacrifice Is Linked To Social Hierarchies In New Study from: April 5, 2016 at 01:30AM

Guy Gets Chromecast to Work on Vintage TV, Results in Great Fun

Guy Gets Chromecast to Work on Vintage TV, Results in Great Fun from: April 5, 2016 at 01:28AM

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Boz' thesis: introverts worse than extroverts. I'd protest. But I don't like conflict. And my couch is comfy. https://t.co/ljh2eq2leZ — Internet Contrarian! (@bogcommenter) April 4, 2016 via https://twitter.com/bogcommenter

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Genetic causes for high cholesterol are rare https://t.co/ZXwobvUEhT — AFP news agency (@AFP) April 3, 2016 via https://twitter.com/AFP

Beware Regional Scatterplots

Beware Regional Scatterplots from: April 2, 2016 at 08:53PM

Listen to the Victims of the Free Market

Listen to the Victims of the Free Market “The implicit assumption of elites in both parties is that the solution for the rest of the country is to become more like us, either through education or entrepreneurship. Rarely does anyone discuss how we might build an economy that works for people who aren’t like us […]

B-roll weekends

B-roll weekends The memories of the ones we keep close in life are much the same. We snap photos of all that we deem important: our wedding, the vacation to Mexico, things we think will get a laugh or a lot of likes on Instagram. And this is how we write the story of our […]