Tag: Phebe
Phébé – This cognitive bias that divides us
Reserved for subscribers Cognitive sciences A new book deciphers how the “self-confirmation bias” is dangerous for our democracies, because it makes any debate impossible. By Leonardo Orlando* Debate between Jean-Luc…
Phébé – Peace, an excellent selling point for the EU
Reserved for subscribers Political science A study shows that talking about the European Union as an antidote to military conflicts has positive effects on support for cooperation within it. Commemoration…
Phébé – Intelligent men have more children
Reserved for subscribers Cognitive sciences According to two demographers, who have studied the Swedish case, there is a strong correlation between intelligence quotient and fertility in the male population.
Phébé – How fishing fed civilization
Reserved for subscribers History According to archaeologist Brian Fagan, agriculture is not the only technique that has favored the development of our species. “ A Brixham Trawler”, by William Adolphus…
Phébé – Brexit, the deep roots of a vote
Reserved for subscribers Geopolitics British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has campaigned for a Brexit that can largely be explained by the rejection of immigration. Within the Union, 43% of respondents…
Phébé – Nuclear deterrence put to the test of technology
Geopolitics Recent innovations undermine deterrence as a defensive strategy and give precedence to preventive and even offensive strike strategies. Nuclear deterrence as a defensive strategy is today threatened by the…
Phebe – The media treatment of IPCC reports is bad
Ecology Even if catastrophism sells newspapers, it is irresponsible to present the worst-case scenario as the most likely, according to these researchers. Peters and Hausfather criticize the lack of nuance…
Phebe – Why the United States must continue to intervene in the world
Geopolitics A researcher from the Brookings Institution seeks to show that it is irresponsible for the United States to give in to the temptation to withdraw. Trumpian rhetoric has shown…
Phebe – Fight against inequalities: Tocqueville understood everything
Political science In an article, two political scientists describe the “moral duty”, theorized by Tocqueville and gradually abandoned, of the economic elites. After the Revolution, some philosophers attempted to rethink…
Phebe – The culture of criticism, more powerful than the “cancel culture”
Political science Should we examine a work in the light of the life of its author? For the philosopher Erich Hatala Matthes, the answer is yes, provided you really dive…