There are the Chicago Principles, the Kalven report, and more. Recently a group of academics came together to make a new set of principles for creating a campus culture for free inquiry and viewpoint diversity. Let's talk about it and highlight an important challenge.
Sorry for the delay posting, I was traveling earlier this week! Also apologies for the delay posting as I was having trouble with Locals.
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References:
https://jmp.princeton.edu/princeton-principles-campus-culture-free-inquiry
Pardon being away for a bit! I'm back with a humdinger, a new study showing the palpable bias in social sciences!
References:
https://x.com/Theory_Society/status/2033604101896806649
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11186-026-09690-2
Science magazine has a contributor finally starting to ask good questions. How would you answer them?
References:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aeg1977
https://www.aaas.org/news/task-force-releases-vision-american-science-and-technology
There's been lots of discussions about universities, but what are the underlying virtues a university should encourage in students?
References:
https://hxstem.substack.com/p/are-bad-researchers-bad-people
A study in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health examines the fraction of children with asthma that is attributable to gas stoves in the home. Interesting take, but there are a few things worth pointing out.
The YouTube version of the episode will be up tomorrow morning!
Article reviewed in this episode:
Population Attributable Fraction of Gas Stoves and Childhood Asthma in the United States
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/1/75
Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):
https://uppbeat.io/t/mojo/rebel
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The new one on the actions of “Affinity Groups” is quite interesting, but you can only get it as a paying subscriber! Go check it out! https://open.spotify.com/episode/0f9q192oAAwAiKCjCC6Edv?si=0b_flngGQliFxK7I_d5N6Q
There will be no content over Thanksgiving week since I'm off on vacation. Happy Thanksgiving all!
