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Challenging the Gluten-Free Movement

Posted byRyan BornOctober 20, 2014Posted inHealth, ScienceTags: Gluten-free Diet, Gluten-Free Movement

Podcast: Defining Free Will

Posted byRyan BornJuly 31, 2014Posted inPhilosophy, ScienceTags: Daniel Wegner, Eddy Nahmias, Free will, Podcast10 Comments on Podcast: Defining Free Will

$84,000 Drug Now or $600,000 Liver Transplant Later?

Posted byRyan BornJuly 19, 2014Posted inEconomics, Health, ScienceTags: Hepatitis C Cure, Pharmaceutical Industry

Facebook’s Emotion Experiment & Informed Consent

Posted byRyan BornJuly 2, 2014Posted inEthics, Science, TechnologyTags: Facebook, Facebook's Emotional Contagion Study, Informed Consent, Standardized Argument4 Comments on Facebook’s Emotion Experiment & Informed Consent

Podcast: Moral Philosophy & The Moral Landscape

Posted byRyan BornJune 27, 2014Posted inEthics, Philosophy, ScienceTags: Consequentialism, Podcast, Sam Harris, The Moral Landscape

The Fight for Moral Truth

Posted byRyan BornJune 20, 2014Posted inPhilosophy, ScienceTags: Derek Parfit, Response to Sam Harris, Sam Harris, The Moral Landscape, The Repugnant Conclusion, Utilitarianism37 Comments on The Fight for Moral Truth

Science, Philosophy, & Reality

Posted byRyan BornJune 9, 2014Posted inPhilosophy, ScienceTags: Response to Sam Harris, Sam Harris, Scientism, The Moral Landscape17 Comments on Science, Philosophy, & Reality

The Courage of One’s Convictions Corrections

Posted byRyan BornMay 31, 2014April 9, 2019Posted inPolitics, ScienceTags: Climate Change, Dan Kahan, Identity-Protective Cognition, Motivated Reasoning, Vaccines

Treating Pets as Persons in Citizen Canine

Posted byRyan BornMay 13, 2014Posted inEthics, Law, Philosophy, ScienceTags: Animal Rights, Developmental Disabilities, Personhood4 Comments on Treating Pets as Persons in Citizen Canine

The Worst Possible Misery for Everyone is Bad (Reasoning)? – Part 2

Posted byRyan BornApril 13, 2014Posted inEthics, Philosophy, ScienceTags: Sam Harris, Standardized Argument, The Moral Landscape21 Comments on The Worst Possible Misery for Everyone is Bad (Reasoning)? – Part 2

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