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How free will and randomness intersect, and how working on ourselves could help events work out in our favor.
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The question of human autonomy, the alternate universes that our choices can open up, and the problem of measurement awareness.
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People often trick themselves into believing they are significantly more skilled in risky situations than they actually are.
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Human beings will make unwise decisions — and sometimes they’ll make radically unwise decisions. But we aren’t fundamentally rational or irrational creatures.
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The Florida State University professor on how he got into the study of philosophy and why we sometimes go out and party when we know we should be studying.
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A conversation with the Florida State University professor of philosophy.
I am not one to endorse stereotypes based on ethnicity, nation or religion. Especially not the ones from the earliest Star Trek series, in which everyone in the galaxy either […]
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A profound fear of his own mortality.
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Why this year’s Seder will bring a whole new understanding to the holiday.
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It’s a stereotype that’s unfortunately true—and spans many religions.
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The most difficult aspect of being a rabbi? Dealing with Jewish people.
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At the New Shul in Manhattan, being Jewish isn’t everything.
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Rabbi Niles Goldstein helped create a modern synagogue that’s home to all sorts of untraditional ideas.
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Sometimes too many options lead to disengagement, says the New Shul rabbi.
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A conversation with the founding Rabbi of the New Shul in Manhattan.
Suspended animation, where an animal’s metabolism is slowed to seeming death, is no longer the stuff of Star Trek, says scientist Mark Roth who is pioneering research into it.
This week around 200 experts will gather in California to work out how research into the possibilities of geoengineering the planet to combat climate change should proceed.
The New Yorker’s David Remnick remarks that Israel seems to view Barack Obama rather suspiciously and says the President’s customary cool has not warmed the countries’ relations.
Australian car manufacturer Holden is hoping to develop a car fuelled by household waste such as food scraps and dirty diapers within the next two years.