Archive - David Cycleback: Big Ideas

There is no single or objective definition

9 hrs ago •

David Cycleback

Morellian analysis

19th-century technique to authenticate paintings

Oct 15 •

David Cycleback

Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People

Truth, Conformity, and the Courage to Stand Alone

Oct 9 •

David Cycleback

When Progressives Mandate Fundamentalist Creationist Religion

New Zealand is Ridiculed for Equating Mythology with Science

Oct 8 •

David Cycleback

Steven Levitt and the Myths of Conventional Wisdom

The world is full of hidden incentives that shape behavior

Oct 7 •

David Cycleback

When Principles Meet Reality

How We Betray the Ideals We Preach

Oct 4 •

David Cycleback

Mysticism and Handel’s Messiah

One of history’s artistic masterworks

Oct 2 •

David Cycleback

Why Ordinary People Obey Even When It Feels Wrong

Milgram’s Obedience Experiments and the Psychology of Compliance

Oct 1 •

David Cycleback

September 2025

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