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Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
FIRE is a lifestyle that promotes extensive saving in order to retire early, despite the fact that early retirement is far from practical.
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The biggest lingering question about GPT-4 isn't if it's going to destroy jobs or take over the world. Instead, it is this: Do we trust AI programmers to tell society what is true?
Einstein called his idea "abominable," but the world of physics came around to embracing the views of Georges Lemaître.
At this event, you’ll be around to hear the eulogy.
Awe-inspiring moments can be found in our daily lives, and they have surprising benefits for our health and sense of well-being.
You know that ghostly feeling that someone is nearby even though nobody is? It could be a trick of neural timing.
Modern robotics are creating a kind of cultural paradox, where the best religion is the one that eventually involves no humans at all.
A new AI lie detector can dive into their hidden thoughts and reveal “what language models truly believe about the world.”
She apparently learned some valuable business skills as a former prostitute.
Humanity can avoid catastrophe — if we look beyond our blinkered present.
Our huge, expanding Universe may truly be infinite. But if the set of possible quantum outcomes is also infinite, which "infinity" wins?
The multiverse is an idea that has gained a lot of traction in popular culture. But what does science have to say about it?
If the evolution of the Universe is a movie, what happens when we rewind it all the way backward?
We bring multifaceted selves to our interactions, and in these interactions co-create each other again and again.
End of life patients face mental health challenges uniquely existential and spiritual in nature — but psychedelics are emerging as a possible solution to relieve the suffering.
The utilitarian “greatest happiness principle” has remained popular for two centuries — is it time for a rethink?
That scary swirling void from which nothing can escape is our perfect universal translation tool.
It is easy to underestimate how much the world can change within a lifetime.
Arguments don’t have to be about winning or losing; they can help us build trust despite disagreeing.