Listen as Center Director Edouard Machery sits down with Visiting Fellow Chris ChoGlueck to discuss his research on the development of male contraceptives in this episode of Conversations at the Center. #philsci #philosophypodcast
Man stands in a full amphitheater classroom, gesticulating in front of a slide saying "Male Birth Control"
Had such fun at @bowdoincollege.bsky.social talking to young people about sexuality, contraception, and ethics. Students turned out in large numbers (even at a very late night-time talk!) and were super engaged! Great questions about the legacy of hysteria and shifting gender dynamics post-Dobbs.
Reminder that graduate students in #HPS can get a ✨free✨ AAAS membership! Reach out to @alisabokulich.bsky.social if interested.
Anyone out there in Maine? I'll be speaking at Bowdoin College @bowdoincollege.bsky.social on Monday, for my first-ever night-time talk. And isn't it appropriate that the topic is sexual ethics?
Curious why there's still no pill for me? Listen to my recording from earlier this week. I talk about everything from the history of the Pill to Joe Rogan and manhood today.
🎥 Some highlights from yesterday's talk with Chris ChoGlueck.
Join us Friday for the last talk before spring break! #philsci
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🎥 Some highlights from today's talk with Marta Bielinska. Join us next Tuesday to participate in the discussion! #philsci
Join us as we sit down with postdoc fellow Margaret Farrell to learn more about her research and work here at the Center! #philsci
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Join us as we sit down with visiting fellow Chris ChoGlueck and learn more about his work here at the Center! #philsci
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Join us as we sit down with senior fellow Kareem Khalifa to learn more about his research and work here at the Center!
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My alternative is sorting us by how comfortable we are with being around other philosophers. This scale runs from "never has and ever will go to an APA conference" to "partner with/married to another philosopher."
Comfortable with being a philosopher or being around other philosophers 🤣
Arrived in Pittsburgh, excited for my fellowship at the Center for Philosophy of Science! @center4philsci.bsky.social
Plato is now banned from philosophy courses as "gender ideology"? What is happening in our universities?
...which just happened even though the documents exposing the ghost-writing were from a court case settled 8 years ago. Although we now know glyphoste is likely carcinogenic, it is hard to undo decades of smoke-screening by the chemical industry.
Like an iceberg, we often only see a small portion of the impacts of scientific misconduct. Fortunately, Alexander Kaurov and Naomi Oreskes saw through the fraud. They had the insight and courage to pressure the journal to retract the paper...
Image credit: David Bonazzi (lnkd.in/gGZu8nVe)
Iceberg of papers sticks out of the ocean, with divers looking at retracted paper buried below the surface.
What do you do when a highly-cited paper is actually ghost-written?
25 years ago, Monsanto paid three scientist to sign their names on a paper they hadn't written. The paper claimed that glyphosate (Roundup) posed no risk to humans. It rose to the top 0.1% of most cited articles on the chemical.
-Infertile couples are sent to gynecologists, who specialize in female reproduction. Andrologists (the male equivalent) are rare and hard to find.
-Most men don't know there are simple ways to prevent infertility, such as not smoking and avoiding tight underwear [More tips in article].
Why are we still so biased about fertility and men's role in it?
-Men (cisgender) are responsible for 50% of infertility cases, but they often go undiagnosed.
-Infertile couples are sent to gynecologists, who specialize in female reproduction. Andrologists (the male equivalent) are rare and hard to find.
-Most men don't know there are simple ways to prevent infertility, such as not smoking and avoiding tight underwear [More tips in article].
It's hard at the college level, so I can't even imagine at primary and secondary levels!
This two-bedroom ranch-style house will gradually become more livable as the ghost finds his rhythm. Reference #37290
Real Estate: Haunted By Teenager Learning To Play Drums
Bring back Witch Studies!
I am excited to be a Visiting Fellow at University of Pittsburgh's Center for Philosophy of Science @center4philsci.bsky.social! I'll be working on a new book about male contraception, double standards in medical research, and the future of masculinity.
Call for Papers!
We invite submissions for the upcoming workshop, Social Ontology and Empirical Inquiry: Conflicts and Connections (April 11-12, 2026).
Deadline: January 15th
Details: https://ow.ly/zOr550X9T2n
#PhilosophyOfScience #CallForPapers
D. "For most patients, the study reinforces what they already discuss in the exam room: that hormonal birth control is broadly safe, and decisions should be tailored to each woman’s needs and values."
C (cont): "...But because breast cancer is still uncommon in younger women, that works out to an increase from roughly 54 to 67 breast cancer cases per 100,000 women per year — about 13 extra cases per 100,000 women, or about one extra case per 7,800 users of hormonal contraceptives per year."
