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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
"Self-distancing" explains why the advice you’d give a friend in five minutes is the advice you can’t give yourself in a month.
Don't reek of onions or take up too much space.
By probing the Universe on atomic scales and smaller, we can reveal the entirety of the Standard Model, and with it, the quantum Universe.
Skepticism used to be an integral part of any liberal arts education. Here’s why we need to bring it back.
The family might be a terrible way to raise kids. But it's the best we have.
The anthropic principle has fascinating scientific uses, where the simple fact of our existence holds deep physical lessons. Don't abuse it!
Neuroscientist Anil Seth on the deep differences between human minds and artificial ones.
If you're going to relax, don't do it halfway.
Yes, "the laws of physics break down" at singularities. But relativity itself would have to be wrong for black holes to not possess them.
From mysterious villages to absurdism at the gallows, these books explore the origins, consequences, and possible responses to nihilism.
Many people, now with LLM assistance, regularly claim to discover game-changing revolutions. Scientists don't buy it. You shouldn't either.
A white rabbit appears up ahead. What do you do?
Who do you want to be today?
Vague predictions and post hoc revisions help astrology feel meaningful, even while it fails empirical testing.
Why we shouldn't necessarily outsource our thinking to dead people.
In physics, we reduce things to their elementary, fundamental components, and build emergent things out of them. That's not the full story.
What the near-death experiences of daffodils can teach us about resilience, death, and becoming someone new.
Contrary to common experience, not everything needs a medium to travel through. Overcoming that assumption removes the need for an aether.
A free and happy bird does not pace the room.