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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
In logic, 'reductio ad absurdum' shows how flawed arguments fall apart. Our absurd Universe, however, often defies our intuitive reasoning.
A small Ohio town tried to escape America’s addiction to rectangular grids. It didn’t last long.
The least exciting of all eclipses, a penumbral lunar eclipse, foreshadows the spectacular show that April 8th's total eclipse will bring.
CRISPR study helps answer a question that has long puzzled scientists.
Or are cults the religions we find distasteful?
How would you feel about working like a Lutheran or a Cistercian?
Happiness is not a five-star holiday. It's often the result of struggle — and asking for help, as author Stephanie Harrison recently told Big Think.
No matter how you define the end, including the demise of humanity, all life, or even the planet itself, our ultimate destruction awaits.
The secret sauce of humor is incongruity. AI knows this as well as we do.
Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb claimed to track down and find alien spherules on the ocean bottom. Here's the sober truth.
Philosophy isn't stuck in the past. Here are five texts to connect you with its ongoing dialogue.
People who have a regional accent might prefer robots who speak like them over generic voices.
Neuroscientist Tali Sharot recently spoke with Big Think about a two-step method for escaping the dark sides of habits.
When all your teammates fall for "the emperor's new clothes," the results can be disastrous — here's how to bust the groupthink.
The National Defense Education Act of 1958 meshed with white anxiety about the desegregation of schools.
Here's the case for why science can't keep ignoring human experience.
Alli Webb, co-founder of Drybar, has a message for up-and-coming leaders: Embrace the mess!
Genes are sometimes called the “blueprint of life,” but that doesn't make them the behavioral playbook.
In a recent paper, biologists outlined a three-part hypothesis for how all life as we know it began.
At work we're often asked to be decisive — but how can we make an informed choice without complete information?