Rampant grade inflation means that today’s students are the ‘participation medal’ generation. Until something’s done to rescue academic standards, their grades will become increasingly meaningless.
A new paper claims, once again, that ChatGPT has a left-wing political bias. However, it has been heavily criticised by other AI researchers. Measuring political bias in AI may be more difficult than previously assumed.
In a recent article, the commentator Richard Hanania claims that the contribution of "moderate vax sceptics" to the debate has been "overwhelmingly negative". Noah Carl, who puts himself in that camp, disagrees.
People with mental health conditions and a history of substance abuse are massively overrepresented among the homeless. Yet homelessness doesn't seem to correlate with those two factors across U.S. states.
In recent polls, a large majority of Britons say they support Net Zero. But the devil is in the details. When you mention costs, support for Net Zero plummets.
Many cars can't fit more than two child seats. In a fascinating article, two economists argue that car seat laws have prevented more than 130,000 births in the US since 2000. And in the EU, such laws are even stricter.
The once-great journal Science has published an op-ed on "systemic racism", which claims that the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling against affirmative action (a blatantly racist policy) is tantamount to ignoring racism.
The percentage of young Americans experiencing mental health problems is on the rise, with the rise being concentrated among white liberal women. It looks like left-wing politics is causing mental health problems.
In a recent article, the legal scholar Ilya Somin argues that anyone who wants a “colour-blind government” should oppose racial profiling by law enforcement. But his argument is mistaken, says Noah Carl.
An energy analyst recently estimated that since 2021, Europe has spent $1.1 trillion – yes, trillion – on gas. This helps to explain why household energy bills will remain elevated until at least 2030.
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