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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
Successful romantic relationships require desire, but that desire doesn't have to be sexual.
In the pursuit of happiness, money probably trumps meaning.
Will all robots think like Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg?
I hate grading. I love teaching, though, and giving students feedback is teaching.
There is much more to the Kama Sutra than just sex. It's a guide to anyone wanting more pleasure in life, however they take it.
Most cities reeked of death, defecation, and industrial waste. Still, focusing only on stench means turning a blind eye (or nose) to the many other smells that helped shape human history.
Social media distorts the reality of the public sphere.
Time for a status check before watching "Moon Knight."
On forums, “true bitcoiners” didn’t talk about technology or crypto. Instead, they talked about trust and corruption.
Many people perceive the struggle to understand our Universe as a battle between science and God. But this is a false dichotomy.
From Brahms to Tchaikovsky, here's a curated list of composers whose music has shaped the classical canon.
It's possible to measure philosophy's progress in two ways. But is that really the point?
For some reason, when we talk about the age of stars, galaxies, and the Universe, we use "years" to measure time. Can we do better?
The relationship between these two ways of thinking about the world deserves deeper exploration.
Until robots understand jokes and sarcasm, artificial general intelligence will remain in the realm of science fiction.
The attitude we take to Will Smith's slap will mirror our attitudes to violence, masculinity, and protecting others more generally.
From life on Earth to the planet itself, there are four ways our planet will actually experience "the end," no matter how we define it.
From the tablets of the Babylonians to the telescopes of modern science, humans have always looked to the skies for fundamental answers.
“How can we live without our lives? How will we know it’s us without our past?” Steinbeck writes.
Multiple lines of evidence — physical, chemical, and biological — must converge for scientists to conclude that alien life has been found.