Archive - Ataraxia or Bust!

May 2025

April 2025

Empirical Evidence that the Ancient Pyrrhonists Were Right About the Causes and Consequences of Dogmatism

A recent paper, Psychological Features of Extreme Political Ideologies by Jan-Willem van Prooijen and André Krouwel, provides empirical insights into…

Apr 30 •

The Big Think’s Big Mistake About Pyrrhonism

No Pyrrhonist ever claimed that all experts are peers.

Apr 28 •

Book Review: The Certainty Trap

A Socratic antidote for the certainty of currently popular dogmas

Apr 27 •

The Ransom Note

Willing or unwilling, you will pay.

Apr 26 •

Nietzsche’s Lens: The Decline of Buddhism and Rise of Stoicism

Speculations on a shift from slave to master morality

Apr 21 •

Interest in Buddhism Declines While Stoicism Soars

Are they linked?

Apr 17 •

Book Review: The Ideological Brain

Current neuropsych research about dogmatism

Apr 8 •

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