Martin O'Reilly

Science, ethics, politics, culture, bioethics, moral psychology.

[Martin O'Reilly @oreil_m]

My article in @TheCriticMag criticising Ireland's proposed hate speech law

[The Critic @TheCriticMag]

“It is not obvious the proposed legislation is the most effective way to tackle expressions of hatred and prejudice in society” — @oreil_m explains that it is likely to be counterproductive https://t.co/O2cPmFi3lU

[Martin O'Reilly @oreil_m]

Why freedom of speech still needs defending, in academia and beyond
https://t.co/E2J2QLEIzn

[Max Roser @MaxCRoser]

The poorest economies in the world are not achieving economic growth.

The consequence is that progress against the very worst poverty is coming to a halt.

This is one of the worst problems in the world today, but hardly gets any attention.

[Martin O'Reilly @oreil_m]

The push to lift Ireland's nuclear ban: Going nuclear or nowhere https://t.co/4X76SPTVVW

[Martin O'Reilly @oreil_m]

Five million children die every year -- what do they die from? https://t.co/S6BFUOcIwM

[Martin O'Reilly @oreil_m]

@DavQuinn Interesting. Does this suggest there are still more births than deaths when you include immigrants and their children, but that the gap narrows when you refer to the Irish-born subgroup?

[Martin O'Reilly @oreil_m]

Births and deaths per year, Ireland. Future projections are based on the UN's medium scenario

https://t.co/Y0tdGT04yV

[Our World in Data @OurWorldInData]

Where are more people dying than being born?

For most of human history, more people were born each year than died. Populations grew very slowly for most of this history, then rapidly in recent centuries, as child mortality plummeted and people lived longer.

But this is changing. As the map shows, deaths now outnumber births in a growing number of countries across Europe and East Asia.

The balance of births and deaths tells us about a country’s “natural population change” — whether it would grow or shrink without any international migration.

Where deaths outnumber births, the population will shrink unless enough people move in from abroad to make up the gap.

(This Data Insight was written by @_HannahRitchie.)

[Bentham's Bulldog🔸 @Benthamsbulldog]

https://t.co/00FlNmdKi2

[Martin O'Reilly @oreil_m]

Peter Singer welcomes the Pope's rejection of tecno optimism but not his first encyclical's human-centered moral framework
https://t.co/WE0STLMukF

[Martin O'Reilly @oreil_m]

Should Ireland go nuclear?
https://t.co/X1fGdt9X8Q

[Dan Williams @danwilliamsphil]

Honoured to have @sapinker as a reader of 'Conspicuous Cognition'. Here is a concise summary of my article's analysis of why and how social media fuels right-wing populism: https://t.co/fdl1Bf1zB5

[Dan Williams @danwilliamsphil]

Insanity. The extent to which alarmingly large segments of the British elite simply don't value free speech is so depressing.

[Martin O'Reilly @oreil_m]

@Iskesullas I'm not sure if that is fair. He is arguing that a boycott might not be the correct decision, as the moral, political, and economic costs could be too high. It's possible to say he's arguing in good faith even if you disagree with his take.

[Benjamin Todd @ben_j_todd]

The worst predictors of job performance, according to hundreds of studies and the best meta-analysis available:

1. Years of experience
2. Unstructured interviews
3. Personality-match

What best predicts performance:

1. Structured interviews
2. Objectively tested biographical predictors
3. Work sample tests

[Martin O'Reilly @oreil_m]

@wight1984 As Daniel Dennett famously said: "There's nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view I hold dear."

[Martin O'Reilly @oreil_m]

"Supporters of Palestine should be challenging anti-Jewish bigotry... Otherwise, such support becomes sectarian, rather than being part of a broader defence of rights and freedoms" https://t.co/W0Al23biWu

[Martin O'Reilly @oreil_m]

Should blood donors be rewarded with monetary incentives?
https://t.co/RvuuE6fejr

[Martin O'Reilly @oreil_m]

Bid to end Ireland's 1999 ban reignites nuclear power debate
https://t.co/v7Cj3hfYge

[Financial Times @FT]

Who will drive the driverless car revolution? https://t.co/CLoYIZkjFO | opinion

[Martin O'Reilly @oreil_m]

Why are so many on the left hostile to veganism and animal rights?

[Vox @voxdotcom]

Why are American leftists so reluctant to confront the meat industry? https://t.co/lIZg2kanME