Posts from — April 2009

There’s an interesting pair of articles in the journal Nature (whose editor Sir John Maddox recently died) on the morality, or at least correctness, of researching the connection between race and IQ. Is it morally defensible, or does it merely clear the path for louder and more vociferous expressions of racism? [Read more →]

The whole subject of whether videogames can be considered art is a fascinating one, and one which has only recently begun to be taken seriously. The problem is, however, that it has not yet been taken anywhere near seriously enough, on either side of the divide. [Read more →]