philosophy
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What Is Essentialism? And How Does It Shape Attitudes to Transgender People and Sexual Diversity?
Recent debates around transgender people and sexual diversity have been marked by essentialism, a profoundly conservative mindset with deep links to religious and metaphysical dogmatism. It is a stance through which conservative thinkers seek certainty in a world of change and fluidity. Essentialism comprises three key ideas. First, there is the idea that nature is…
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Redactle Is Like Wordle but for a Whole Wikipedia Page
Wordle is tiny; Redactle is big. Where Wordle asks you to solve a single five-letter word, Redactle presents you with an entire blacked-out wikipedia page, and not a stub, either. You guess a word at a time, and you have unlimited guesses. You even get a bunch of freebies to start with, words like “was”…
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What Is a Blockchain DAO (and Should You Join One)?
Crypto mania has pushed decentralization into the mainstream, but Bitcoin is only one example of how blockchain can create new structures not controlled by corporations or centralised entities. (Though it’s ubiquitous, plenty of people still don’t even know what blockchain is. If you’re one of them, stop and read an explainer here.)
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9 of the Best Psychology Podcasts to Help You Figure Out What the Fuck
Are you trying to figure out what makes us tick? Or maybe you’re looking to improve your communication and your relationships? Whatever your interest in the brain and human behaviour, we’ve collected our favourite psychology podcasts that you can listen to whenever you’re in the mood to try to figure out why people do the…