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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
Discover how Quantum Bayesianism challenges traditional quantum mechanics by focusing on the role of the observer in creating quantum reality.
At a fundamental level, only a few particles and forces govern all of reality. How do their combinations create human consciousness?
Although social paranoia is more common than clinical paranoia, studies suggests that American society isn’t any more conspiratorial than it has been in the past.
Dark energy is one of the biggest mysteries in all the Universe. Is there any way to avoid "having to live with it?"
Big Think recently spoke with Nick Bostrom about how humans might find fulfillment in a post-scarcity world.
You've got to know when to fight and when to laugh.
Leadership evasion might seem like a plan for workplace freedom but it isn't a good thing — it's a denial of opportunity.
"I hope we take a mindset where we are willing to look for weird life in weird places."
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?
Sometimes you just want to hear, "I know what it's like."
Tough and cutthroat leaders are celebrated in a results-driven culture — but there is another path to C-suite success.
Life arose on Earth very early on. After a few billion years, here we are: intelligent and technologically advanced. Where's everyone else?
Even with the best technology imaginable, you'd probably never be able to exist as a consciously aware brain in a vat.
Total eclipses are a product of a strange and almost eerie cosmic coincidence — one that makes Earth an even rarer world in the galaxy and, by proxy, in the Universe.
When does "oversharing" become an issue?
Bob Dylan gave us the paradoxical gem "there's no success like failure, and failure's no success at all." He had a point.
From Taoism to hedonism, philosophers have devised all sorts of ways to live your best life.
A physicist, a psychologist, and a philosopher walk into a bar and discuss a framework for thinking better in the 21st century.
The Universe is expanding, and the Hubble constant tells us how fast. But how can it be a constant if the expansion is accelerating?
Nicole has been dating someone for a while but it's not working out from her point of view. Is sudden radio silence an ethical option?