Tom Chivers
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How not to talk to a science denier
A Harvard professor's new book is filled with sneering conceit → Read More
Can Dominic Cummings read the room?
He's more interested in accurate predictions than elite concensus → Read More
What Covid tests can we trust?
A ferocious row has broken out among scientists over the reliability of the lateral flow method → Read More
How the mob can silence you
Is it possible to stop prominent figures from expressing themselves? → Read More
Has Covid become less dangerous?
Your risk of death if you get infected now is much reduced from what it was in March → Read More
How likely are you to die of coronavirus?
We may have far more infections than previously thought → Read More
How racist are you?
Companies spend a fortune on 'implicit bias tests' — but they are next to useless → Read More
Will Brexit leave us dining on rat poo?
This is a shortened version of Will Brexit leave us dining on rat poo? for Unherd.com I saw a story about food standards, and the things we’ll have to accept if Britain signs a hasty post-Brexit trade deal with the USA. → Read More
'Brexit derangement syndrome has everyone panicking about everything'
This is a shortened version of Will Brexit leave us dining on rat poo? for Unherd.com I saw a story about food standards, and the things we’ll have to accept if Britain signs a hasty post-Brexit trade deal with the USA. → Read More
Will Brexit leave us dining on rat poo?
We are far too eager to believe ridiculous stories about the EU → Read More
If Sky's terrifying Chernobyl drama becomes our image of nuclear power, it would truly be a disaster
It is immensely difficult to know how many people died – or will die in future – as a result of the Chernobyl disaster. → Read More
The truth about lie detectors: why Jeremy Kyle's polygraph tests are a cheat
A guest on the Jeremy Kyle Show has died after taking, and failing, a lie detector test in an attempt to prove that he had not cheated on his fiancée. → Read More
Wikileaks' 11 greatest stories
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Banning plastic straws is a little like spitting in the wind
The world is heating up dangerously and the oceans may be dying. In this context, the UK's proposed plan to ban plastic straws feels a little like spitting in the wind. → Read More
Legalizing cannabis is the best way to protect kids from its harmful effects
The decision to legalize cannabis in Canada could be seen as a hippyish, free love move by aging potheads. → Read More
Why not wreck the planet? It might get you elected
There is a certain mindset in politics, present the world over and across the political spectrum, which distrusts expertise -- especially scientific expertise, says Tom Chivers. → Read More
Are non-drinkers more likely to get dementia?
A new study in the British Medical Journal found people who drink heavily are more likely to get dementia, but people who don't drink at all are also more likely to get dementia. → Read More
We can't think rationally without emotions. They're a feature, not a bug
Does intelligence have to be conscious? → Read More
From Magna Carta to universal suffrage, the 1000-year history of British democracy
1215: Magna Carta The Great Charter’ is most famous for consolidating judicial rights, notably habeas corpus, the right not to be unlawfully imprisoned. However, it was also an important first step in removing power from the central authority - King John - and spreading it wider. Its 61st clause, known as the Security Clause, declared that a council of 25 barons be created with the power to… → Read More
Psychopaths: how can you spot one?
We think of psychopaths as killers, alien, outside society. → Read More