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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
Every leading scientific idea today will eventually be proven wrong: superseded by a more correct one in the future. Getting there is hard.
Our beliefs about AI consciousness may depend less on evidence and more on self-interest.
Two thousand years before the sitcom, ancient Greek playwrights were mining sex, politics, and family drama for laughs.
René Descartes drew a line between humans and machines. AI is blurring it.
AI will likely impact everything from the economy to the battlefield, but exactly how remains to be seen.
AI is challenging the idea that relationships require two conscious minds.
Even when I don’t use AI, others might think I have.
AI may exhibit consciousness, empathy, or curiosity, but only humans must find their place in the world.
As AI does more of our thinking for us, what should we work hardest to keep?
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Philosopher Jack Symes explores the space between devout religion and atheism.
An elephant, a bumblebee queen, a flock of pigeons, and a chatbot walk into a theater.
A cat doesn’t think; it just does. We could learn something from this.
Is religion defined more by beliefs or practices?
From banned books to modern classics, these satirical masterpieces show how humor and irony can help expose society’s deepest flaws.
Complexity may explain how billions of simple neurons give rise to thought, creativity, and consciousness.
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Eli Burnstein’s new book reveals language’s strange power through some of history’s best-remembered quotes.
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