Debra Soh, a 28-year-old Canadian neuroscientist and sex researcher, saw her public profile climb last May when she was included in a New York Times.

The article highlights a group of bold, dogma-challenging intellectuals, academics, scientists, and cultural commentators.

Titled “Meet the Renegades of the Dark Web,” the piece, by Bari Weiss, became a culture-wars lightning rod, bashed and saluted on social media. Along with Soh, the rebels included Jordan Peterson, Sam Harris, and Christina Hoff Sommers. Joe Rogan, on the strength of his interview podcast, and comedian Dave Rubin, thanks to his free-thinking YouTube channel, also made the roster.

“If you produce findings that the public doesn’t like, you can lose your job,” Soh told Weiss, referring to today’s... Read More