Robot Kills a Worker in Germany… Who’s to Blame?
Since the onset of the Industrial Revolution, Western nations have harbored a collective anxiety about…
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Examining the intersections of science, religion, technology, and ethics.
Our Failure To Understand Ferguson: A Cognitive Explanation
Can cognitive science help us to better blame public institutions?
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Blame Series Bonus: Why We Want That Dish For Free, an Uncut Interview with Bertram Malle
In his most recent piece, RD associate editor Andrew Aghapour explores why it is psychologically difficult,…
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Blame Series Bonus: How Federal Policy Created America’s Fergusons
In his most recent piece RD associate editor Andrew Aghapour explores why it’s psychologically difficult, but…
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You’re Worse When You’re Hiding The Cocaine: A Moral Psychologist on Character and Blame
This interview is the third installment of It’s Your Fault, a Cubit series about blame…
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What the Conservative Christian “Fake-Trans Bathroom Creeper” Has To Do With Suburban Anxiety
In the latest addition to It’s Your Fault, The Cubit’s series on blame in contemporary society, RD associate editor…
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Introducing ‘It’s Your Fault,’ a Series on Blame
Is Dylann Roof solely to blame for the murder of 9 people in the Emanuel AME church…
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Talking Salsa with Douglas Hofstadter, Enigmatic Author of Gödel, Escher, Bach
The cognitive scientist Douglas Hofstadter is well known for his pioneering work on artificial intelligence,…
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Did Pope Francis Just End the Religion and Science Conflict?
It’s unclear what kind of political impact Laudato si, the first encyclical of Francis’ papacy will have, but from…
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Could a Real Life Jurassic Park Help with Climate Change?
In the storerooms of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, in Connecticut, there’s a…
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