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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
The One Ring has its own agency and sentience — and it opens up a wonderful philosophy of things beyond our comprehension.
There are a few clues that the Universe isn't completely adding up. Even so, the standard model of cosmology holds up stronger than ever.
Philosopher Lee McIntyre discusses the dangers of disinformation, how such falsehoods spread, and what we can do about it.
Is true equality achievable — or even desirable? Go on a journey through the strange and unsettling "Land of Justice."
John Templeton Foundation
A new book envisions an encounter of minds between the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, the physicist Werner Heisenberg, and the philosopher Immanuel Kant.
There’s really only one mistake you can make: continue doing the same thing you already know is hurting you and expect a different result.
Art isn't a side note in human history; it's the main text.
Medical psychologist Catherine Monk explains how prenatal mental care benefits both mothers and babies.
Wherever automation rises, religiosity falls.
Do you really need a monstrous upbringing to make monsters?
When the average person has a "theory," they're just guessing. But for a scientist, a theory is the pinnacle of what we can achieve.
Nero’s reputation as one of the most malevolent emperors in Roman history might be partly slander.
Life in the supremely vast cosmos is incredibly rare. We need a new vision for our living planet and for ourselves.
If you see life as only a source of suffering and misery, why bring anyone else into that? This belief, called anti-natalism, is on the rise.
"The more I unleash myself from the tethers of domestication, the happier I feel."
According to bushido, your life is of secondary importance to key virtues, like honor, loyalty, and justice.
Despite the vast number of planets in the Universe, Earth's specific evolutionary history guarantees that its life forms — including humans — are utterly unique.
The author of Frankenstein had an obsession with the cemetery and saw love and death as connected.
Predictive power has perverse, anti-democratic consequences. So be a good citizen and lie to election pollsters.