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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
With no reliable way to discern the author of an artwork, we may eventually abandon the question of whether something was made by humans or not.
Plato's cave metaphor illustrates the cognitive trap of ignorance, where we may be unaware of the limitations of our understanding.
"Personhood" credentials could cleanse the internet of bots — but are the costs worth it?
Will "Sausage Party" survive the test of time?
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
By looking back at future dreams we can see our current hopes and visions in a whole new light.
Most waves need a medium to travel through. But the way that light and gravitational waves travel shows that space can't be a medium at all.
For J.R.R. Tolkien, the single most important element of a fairy tale was the dramatic reversal of misfortune in the story's ending.
How many scientists does it take to ruin a good conspiracy?
This supremely simple hack can help you establish good habits, break bad ones, and guard against failure.
One of the fundamental constants of nature, the fine-structure constant, determines so much about our Universe. Here's why it matters.
Two great philosophies — but do they work better together?
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Gravitational waves are the last signatures that are emitted by merging black holes. What happens when these two phenomena meet in space?
All religions have three traits: metaphysical commitments, ethical guidance, and daily rituals or practices. So does Stoicism.
"A person’s mass is made not of 'stuff' in the way we normally think about it, but rather our mass is made of energy."
"I was stunned. Here in front of me was the original apparatus through which a new vision of the world was slowly and painfully brought to light."
Scalars, vectors, and tensors come up all the time in physics. They're more than mathematical structures. They help describe the Universe.
If you're an atheist with a vocation, who laid that path for you?
Our classical intuition is no good in a quantum Universe. To make sense of it, we need to learn, and apply, an entirely novel set of rules.