Directing Scientific Progress
RAND Corporation has published an illuminating report on China’s scientific strategy and the ways in which the country is building a research advantage with profound implications for both military and…
The Nature of Consensus
An excellent observation from the Elder of Ziyon on the nature of so-called scientific consensus. He pointed out that not all forms of consensus are the same. Sometimes a scientific…
The puzzle of sex
Why do men and women have different psychological traits? In its own way, the course of the debate over this question has been fascinating. At first, the prevailing view was…
A Question of Priorities
From time to time, readers ask why I devote relatively little attention to Islam in The Second View. Let me try to explain. I am convinced that Islam is the…
Empty labels
The fundamental purpose of concepts is to divide all things into two groups: those that are something, and those that are not. Take the word “crow.” It divides the world…
The Return of Double Standards
I constantly hear complaints about double standards. And it is true that the liberal camp applies them (the alternative camp does as well, but that is not today’s subject). What…