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Nick Gillespie talks with Helen Lewis about the genius myth | Illustration: Adani Samat

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Helen Lewis: The Dark Side of Genius

In The Genius Myth, the journalist delivers a sharp, funny takedown of our obsession with "brilliant" men, showing that behind every so-called genius is a crowd and a big PR machine.

Nick Gillespie | 6.4.2025 11:00 AM

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Science

Evolution's New Narrative

Life is a decentralized, horizontal network, not merely a centralized, hierarchical tree.

David P. Mindell | 7.23.2024 4:00 PM

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Economics

Russ Roberts: Why Economists Suck at Explaining Life

The EconTalk host and Wild Problems author talks about the limits of cost-benefit analyses.

Nick Gillespie | 9.28.2022 3:16 PM

Russ-Roberts-economics | Lex Villena, Reason

Economics

Russ Roberts: Why Economists Are Irrelevant

The host of EconTalk and author of Wild Problems says our biggest decisions don't submit to easy cost-benefit analyses.

Nick Gillespie | 9.7.2022 3:42 PM

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Evolution

Happy Darwin Day: Belief in Vengeful God Makes You Nicer

"Moralistic gods, supernatural punishment and the expansion of human sociality" in Nature

Ronald Bailey | 2.12.2016 9:54 AM

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