Guest Thinkers — November 3, 2010

Stupid is Fearless: Corporate America Supplies a Visual Metaphor for the 2010 Elections

Lindsay Beyerstein

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The GOP takes the House, brace for a Tsunami of Stupid.

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Starts With A Bang

Exclusive interview: answers to 20 questions from the James Webb Space Telescope team

Once science operations begin for James Webb, we’ll never look at the Universe the same way again. Here’s what everyone should know.

Neuropsych

Gamification: can video games change our money habits?

Fintech companies are using elements of video games to make personal finance more fun. But does it work, and what are the risks?

High Culture

Kafkaesque: How Franz Kafka’s books reveal a real-life dystopia

Unstable politics and virtue signaling are responsible for creating bureaucratic nightmares.

The Present

We are all conspiracy theorists

In each of our minds, we draw a demarcation line between beliefs that are reasonable and those that are nonsense. Where do you draw your line?

The Past

7 most notorious and excessive Roman Emperors

These Roman Emperors were infamous for their debauchery and cruelty.

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