Social Science
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Watching Porn Predicts Divorce? A Few Reasons To Be Skeptical
Watching porn "may have negative effects on marital stability," said sociologist Samuel Perry.
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Smart People Tend to Be Lazier, Says New Study
New study confirms my views about IQ and the propensity to exercise
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Tall People Vote Conservative, Says New Study
Could it be that taller people actually tend to be more libertarian?
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Liberals, Not Conservatives, Express More Psychoticism
Psychoticism: Uncooperative, hostile, troublesome, socially withdrawn, manipulative, and lack of feelings of inferiority
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It's A Moral Issue! So Just Shut Up!
Merely labeling an attitude as moral increases its strength, reports new study
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Conservatives More Susceptible to Bullshit Than Liberals
Supporters of Trump, Cruz, and Rubio more likely to see profoundness in bullshit than supporters of Clinton, Sanders, and O’Malley
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You Are $13,000 Poorer Because of Federal Regulations
New study quantifies the damage to economic growth that the accumulation of regulations causes
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Stronger Border Enforcement Backfired
Militarizing the border unintentionally fueled the growth of undocumented immigration
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Employed People Prefer to Keep the Money They Earn, Says New Study
Does unemployment teach people that the rewards of life are largely due to luck?
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$15 Minimum Wage Follies in California and New York
Good intentions, but a near total failure as an anti-poverty policy
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The Debate Over Global Warming Is Just a Big Misunderstanding, Says Study
Or is it?
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Partisan Divide Over Global Warming Is Just a Big Misunderstanding, Says Study: New at Reason
There are good reasons to doubt that conclusion.
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Is Complexity Science Ready for Prime Time?
Ronald Bailey's Wall Street Journal review of A Crude Look at the Whole
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Is Social Science Politically Biased?, Asks Michael Shermer in Scientific American
Surely as scientists, liberals are able to maintain their dispassionate objectivity
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Happy Darwin Day: Belief in Vengeful God Makes You Nicer
"Moralistic gods, supernatural punishment and the expansion of human sociality" in Nature
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Should Women Be Required to Sign Up for the Military Draft?
Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, and Chris Christie say OK. Ted Cruz calls it "nuts."
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Liberals Are Simple-Minded
...and often more dogmatic than conservatives, according to a new study.
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Immigrants Are Less Criminal Than Natural-Born Americans
Something to keep in mind during the Republican debate tonight
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How Trump's Big Lie Technique Works - "Belief Echoes" from Disinformation
Politicians have an enormous incentive to "strategically spread false information" otherwise known as "lie."
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Death Rates Rise for Young White Americans Too
It's not just midlife whites - mortality rates for whites ages 25 to 34 are also increasing