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Brian Gallagher

Brian Gallagher is an associate editor at Nautilus. Follow him on X (formerly known as Twitter) @bsgallagher.

Playing Video Games Makes Us Fully Human

No other media meets our emotional and social needs like electronic games.

June 26, 2019

The Worth of an Angry God

How supernatural beliefs allowed societies to bond and spread.

May 29, 2019

Wikipedia and the Wisdom of Polarized Crowds

A lesson in how to break out of filter bubbles.

March 13, 2019

The Well-Meaning Bad Ideas Spoiling a Generation

Psychologist Jonathan Haidt on politics, morality, and the coddling of the American mind.

March 6, 2019

The Case for Professors of Stupidity

The greatest problem facing the world today is a rule system.

January 29, 2019

How Einstein Reconciled Religion to Science

He believed the lawful harmony of the universe suggested the existence of Spinoza‘s God.

November 29, 2018