Helen Pluckrose
Editor @AreoMagazine
Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left
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IS bride Shamima Begum full transcript: 'It was nice at first, like in the videos'
The teenager says "a lot of people should have sympathy" for her and there is no evidence she has done anything dangerous.
The Dull Art of Problematizing Everything
Few things in life are certain. Some will populate a short list of inevitabilities with death and taxes, but really, only the former is guaranteed—just ask the sitting president of the United State…
The magical thinking of guys who love logic
Why so many men online love to use “logic” to win an argument, and then disappear before they can find out they're wrong.
Helen Pluckrose
This appears to be a perfect example of the art of making everyone who disagrees with you a right-wing, bigoted, naive positivist, white man. It really is a mess constructed of strawmen, vague accusations & conflations.
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Dolphins Seem to Use Toxic Pufferfish to Get High
The dolphins' expert, deliberate handling of the terrorized puffer fish implies that this is not their first time at the hallucinogenic rodeo
I Asked My Crushes Why They Won't Sleep with Me
When a straight guy says he is not into me, nor other trans women, I feel butthurt–emotionally and, unfortunately, not physically.
“People of Color” Was Once a Sign of Respect. But It’s Becoming a Cop-Out for the Powerful.
The phrase has its place, but that place is not when you’re uncomfortable saying “black.”
How Language Works and Why Political Correctness Doesn’t
Have you ever wondered how something can mean the opposite of what it actually says? How is it that we don’t hear a literal meaning when we hear terms like black—a word that was once suggested as a…
Crown Court upholds Chabloz conviction, first UK conviction over Holocaust denial, calling her “manifestly antisemitic” and a “Holocaust denier”
Moments ago, Judge Christopher Hehir, sitting with a lay magistrate, Ms M Rego, upheld the conviction of Holocaust denier Alison Chabloz over her Holocaust denial on social media. The decision sets…
Tea Making Tips (1941)
Welcome to the world of a national obsession and a place where people say 'orf' instead of 'off'. Tea connoisseurs will benefit from the six golden tips for ...
The Engaged Left: The Emergence of a Political Movement
Over the past few months, I’ve written a number of pieces for outlets like Quillette and this magazine, Areo. While these magazines publish articles on a wide variety of topics—from political thoug…
Of Rats, Voles and Online Porn
Rats in a Skinner Box Rats wired up to electrodes, housed in an experimental Skinner box, continually press a button to give themselves powerful, pleasurable sensations. The rats go into a veritabl…
Should Journalism Speak Truth to Power?
If you teach journalism, as I have for several decades at a trio of US universities, you will hear your most engaged students gush one or both of the following canonical tributes to their calling’s…
Multiculturalism Cannot Include Respect for Homophobia
Multiculturalism has been described as a melting pot and as the best alternative to assimilationist policies, which have been perceived as fraught, due to the fear that people from cultural minorit…
Prince Philip, 97, gives up driving licence
The Duke of Edinburgh is to voluntarily give up his driving licence, Buckingham Palace says.
Helen Pluckrose
BBC News - Prince Philip, 97, gives up driving licence.
Good. Love him (as not remotely befitting an economic lefty) but he was going to kill someone.
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Alice Dreger’s Middle Finger: Sex, Gender and Unhelpful Hair-Splitting
Is there a more controversial issue in the western upper middle class right now than the intersection of gender and sex? But partial conflation between what sex is and what gender is only part of t…
Even an academic hoax needs ethics approval
The authors of the fake “grievance studies” papers would have made a stronger point if they’d gone through an institutional review board.
New emoji is the ultimate burn
We’ve seen the most perfect burns shared on Tinder Nightmares.
Helen Pluckrose
Hmm. "Small penis" emoji could be an appropriate response to being sent an unwanted picture of someone's penis, but I suspect it will be used much more gratuitously & abusively. I don't care much, tbh. Make what emojis you like but it's significant.
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Happiness Versus Meaning
The pursuit of happiness has become controversial — so much so that many will read this text and vehemently disagree with my pontifications. Happiness as a concept seems to have fallen out of favor…
'I wish the law let me have him for longer'
Ann Whaley has travelled to a Swiss clinic with her husband Geoff, who plans to end his life.