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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
The acceptance of death is deeply embedded in our culture; it's time to overthrow that idea.
God is not a vending machine, but is it wrong to treat him like one?
12mins
Is “identity synthesis” the remedy for racial injustice? This political scientist says no.
While weltschmerz — literally "world-pain" — may be unpleasant, it can also spur us to change things for the better.
SARS-CoV-2 first emerged in humans in 2019. Despite much noise generated by lab leak proponents, the evidence indicates a natural origin.
An argument for emphasis on subjective experience.
Tech entrepreneur Alvin Wang Graylin sketches out a bold new age of AI-led enlightenment underscored by compassion.
From Nick Carraway to Charles Marlow, these side characters offered truths their scene-stealing protagonists couldn't.
9mins
The Grammy-nominated artist reflects on a life of heartbreak and a future full of hope.
Unlikely Collaborators
A reader asks whether we have an ethical responsibility to always debate bad beliefs, especially those that come from our elders.
The road from Kant to modern cognitive psychology has taught us much about our mental filtering systems.
If you bring too much mass or energy together in one location, you'll inevitably create a black hole. So why didn't the Big Bang become one?
33 years ago, the theoretical biologist Robert Rosen offered an answer to the question "Is life computable?"
Ancient currents seemed to move in concert with a 2.4 million-year dance between the Red Planet and Earth.
Predicted way back in the 1960s, the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012 completed the Standard Model. Here's why it remains fascinating.
If music is a window onto truth, what does screaming reveal?
Schopenhauer and Freud can help teams navigate the most prickly of collaboration problems.
Big Think recently spoke with behavioral scientist and author Katy Milkman about what really motivates us and steers our behavior.
Whole Foods Market founding CEO John Mackey synthesized the counterculture with capitalism and drove a food revolution.
Some think the reason fundamental scientific revolutions are so rare is because of groupthink. It's not; it's hard to mess with success.