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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
Philosophy isn't stuck in the past. Here are five texts to connect you with its ongoing dialogue.
People who have a regional accent might prefer robots who speak like them over generic voices.
Neuroscientist Tali Sharot recently spoke with Big Think about a two-step method for escaping the dark sides of habits.
When all your teammates fall for "the emperor's new clothes," the results can be disastrous — here's how to bust the groupthink.
The National Defense Education Act of 1958 meshed with white anxiety about the desegregation of schools.
Here's the case for why science can't keep ignoring human experience.
Alli Webb, co-founder of Drybar, has a message for up-and-coming leaders: Embrace the mess!
Genes are sometimes called the “blueprint of life,” but that doesn't make them the behavioral playbook.
In a recent paper, biologists outlined a three-part hypothesis for how all life as we know it began.
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Is information intrinsic in our universe? NASA’s Michelle Thaller explains.
At work we're often asked to be decisive — but how can we make an informed choice without complete information?
When cosmic inflation came to an end, the hot Big Bang ensued as a result. If our cosmic vacuum state decays, could it all happen again?
Big Think spoke with historian Marc-William Palen about the egalitarian aims of the free-trade movement in past centuries.
Bertrand Russell shows us how to recognize emotional arguments smuggled into presumed statements of fact.
Esperanto was intended to be an easy-to-learn second language that enabled you to speak with anyone on the planet.
It's time for an honest conversation.
There are plenty of life-friendly stellar systems in the Universe today. But at some point in the far future, life's final extinction will occur.
The second law of thermodynamics tells us that entropy always increases. But that doesn't mean it was zero at the start of the Big Bang.
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Actor, author, and director Jesse Eisenberg demystifies the role of anxiety and self-doubt in leadership.