The C and C++ standards do not specify the order of evaluation for function arguments. This can lead to subtle portability problems. As I explained in my column last month (“As Precise As Possible”), ...

In The Tribune’s recent article about Jordan District removing an article by a student opinion writer for the New York Times, Sen. Dan McCay calls for an investigation. His logic? This essay can’t fit ...

If all flowers have petals and roses have petals, should we conclude from those claims that roses are flowers? Many people make this mistake of thinking that we should (Markovits & Nantel, 1989). Let ...

A series of three experiments found that when people evaluate arguments on political topics, their prior beliefs about that topic are more important than the actual quality of those arguments. People ...