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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
The acceptance of our cosmic loneliness and the rarity of our planet is a wakeup call.
John Templeton Foundation
4mins
People say we are better off than ever. Are they right?
5mins
80% of the world was once polygamous. What happened?
Perhaps we should be searching for “other Mercurys” rather than “other Earths.”
JWST has brought us more distant views of the early Universe than ever before. Is the Big Bang, and all of modern cosmology, in trouble?
Cosmologists are largely still in the dark about the forces that drive the Universe.
This collection of learning and development quotes serves as a reminder of the meaning and purpose behind this important work.
From consciousness to nothingness and beyond, these questions still baffle the brightest minds. Will they ever be solved?
"You gotta know when to fold 'em."
Is Eliezer Yudkowsky the same false prophet that Paul Ehrlich was?
The old linear job model is obsolete. Our post-pandemic work lives are defined by options and flexibility.
For decades, theorists have been cooking up "theories of everything" to explain our Universe. Are all of them completely off-track?
8mins
How America became a fragile nation — and how it can get its resilience back.
You are an energy field — but not the “chakras” or “auras” kind.
The content of our long-term memories is constantly "reconstructed" by our brains. The same is true of memories formed mere seconds ago.
Though he renounced philosophy, Stephen Hawking's final theory of the universe redraws the basic foundations of cosmology.
The Universe is grand, awe-inspiring, and greater than we likely imagine. Even astrophysicists get anxious thinking about it, but we cope.
