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Reader request: What are "good genes" anyway?
And why some smart people think the eugenics movement wrecked a century of science for us
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Prof Alexander Puutio
Could you be a genius?
Why you should take the question much more seriously than you think, and what to do about it today
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Prof Alexander Puutio
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Why one TikTok commenter is wrong about Sydney Sweeney's American Eagle Ad
And why you too, might enjoy reading evolutionary biology
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Prof Alexander Puutio
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July 2025

Why you can’t find a thing about Jeffrey Epstein on Fox News
And why Biden was sharp as a tack, until he suddenly wasn’t
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Prof Alexander Puutio
Even AI Thinks Working in Legal Is a Joke
Graeber was right about bullshit jobs and AI is about to prove it at scale.
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Prof Alexander Puutio
Why Your Friend’s Promotion Feels Like a Personal Attack
What envy, evolution, and your friend's promotion reveal about the human mind.
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Prof Alexander Puutio
Are You Even Alive If You Aren’t An AI Expert in 2025?
Why everyone and their uncle is suddenly an AI expert, and what the actual experts say comes next.
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Prof Alexander Puutio

June 2025

You Can’t Call Yourself Smart Until You Can Define These Three Words
Don’t worry, I still Google the difference between metaphors, similes and analogies quarterly too.
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Prof Alexander Puutio
Why You Should Wish Your Enemies Get Everything They’ve Ever Wanted
Keep the adversity to yourself, that's how we grow smarter
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Prof Alexander Puutio
Graduating Into the Abyss: What the Class of 2025 Faces
Good night, and good luck grads of 2025
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Prof Alexander Puutio

May 2025

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