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Pencil drawing of an adult hand holding a child's hand, surrounded by colorful, illustrated borders with various faces and map elements.
Sikh American scholar and historian Simran Jeet Singh on helping kids imagine — and create — a more empathetic world.
John Templeton Foundation
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A conversation with neuroscientist Erik Hoel about the future of consciousness research.
A minimalist drawing of a duck outlined in white against a gradient background, with an orange star shape marking the eye, invites you to question your perception.
“Who ya gonna believe: me or your own eyes?” Until you can assess your perception, the answer should be neither.
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A conversation with Annaka Harris on shared perception, experimental science, and why our intuition about consciousness is wrong.
Diagram showing a galaxy, zooming in to highlight a small area labeled "Human Experience" within a grid mapping time and space on logarithmic scales.
Science helps us imagine the vastness of space and time — and our small but meaningful place within it.
A red door with a gold doorknob is floating in the middle of a blue sky surrounded by white clouds.
"Ordinary dreams are, perhaps, the clearest articulation of what it is like to be."
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The overlooked reason why "AI consciousness" isn't coming anytime soon.