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  • Why We Should Study Philosophy

    Why We Should Study Philosophy1

    When I tell people I’m in school for philosophy, they usually respond with one of two extremes: admiration or ambivalence. Either they give me an impressed look, a shake of the head, and an awed comment like “I could never do that”; or they give me a pair of raised eyebrows, a polite nod, and

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  • Why We Should Stop Referring to the Brain as a Computer

    Why We Should Stop Referring to the Brain as a Computer0

    If you study the long history of science, it’s striking how the thought of each age is dominated by some-or-other ruling metaphor that eventually gives way to another. That’s especially true when it comes to explaining human intelligence. (You can learn how in this book.) Ever since computer technology took off after World War II, our ruling metaphor for the human brain is

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  • Why We Should Stop Drugging Our Kids

    Why We Should Stop Drugging Our Kids8

    Maybe it’s time to stop drugging our children. A new study from the Medical Journal of Australia has found that the youngest kids in any given class are twice as likely to be receiving medication for behavioral disorders as the older kids in the class. And the proportion of boys receiving such medication was three

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  • Why We Should Resist the Urge to Shame People into Conformity

    Why We Should Resist the Urge to Shame People into Conformity0

    The American psychologist Rollo May (1909-1994) once observed that the opposite of courage is not cowardice; it’s conformity. May believed this was particularly true for modern man, but it would be a mistake to assume the pressure to conform is a phenomenon confined to our age. The individual, Kipling observed, has always struggled to resist

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  • Why We Should Fear the Deep State

    Why We Should Fear the Deep State0

    The notion of the “deep state” or a “state within a state” is creepy, to say the least. It indicates the existence of a shadowy group of unelected bureaucrats deeply embedded in the military-intelligence establishment secretly manipulating government policy. Ryan McMaken of the Mises Institute defines the ‘deep state’ as “nothing more than agencies and

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  • Why We Should Bring Back ‘Ma’am’ and ‘Sir’

    Why We Should Bring Back ‘Ma’am’ and ‘Sir’0

    The ever winsome Rachel Maddow won kudos last week for her response when a New Jersey congressman called her “sir” on the air. “It’s all right, I answer to both,” she said, laughing, after Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., a Democrat from Paterson, quickly corrected himself with a “ma’am.” The exchange is notable for two reasons:

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