Philosophy

Philosophy

Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.

White handwritten text reading "I am not a robot" appears distorted and crossed with a horizontal line, set against a black background with scattered small white dots.
5mins
How World War II codebreaker Alan Turing invented modern AI.
Bronze replicas of the Terracotta Warriors
Though Sun Tzu’s "The Art of War" is a classic military treatise, its advice applies to all manner of conflict.
a person holding a glass ball in their hand.
The acceptance of our cosmic loneliness and the rarity of our planet is a wakeup call.
John Templeton Foundation
a group of people standing in front of a large UFO
Perhaps we should be searching for “other Mercurys” rather than “other Earths.”
JWST deep field vs hubble
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?
An image of a galaxy with a centrally-located star, illustrating the standard model of cosmology.
Cosmologists are largely still in the dark about the forces that drive the Universe.
learning and development quotes
This collection of learning and development quotes serves as a reminder of the meaning and purpose behind this important work.
a statue of a man scratching his head
From consciousness to nothingness and beyond, these questions still baffle the brightest minds. Will they ever be solved?
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Is Eliezer Yudkowsky the same false prophet that Paul Ehrlich was?
an aerial view of a highway intersection at night.
The old linear job model is obsolete. Our post-pandemic work lives are defined by options and flexibility.
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8mins
How America became a fragile nation — and how it can get its resilience back.
a silhouette of a person with a rainbow in the background.
You are an energy field — but not the “chakras” or “auras” kind.
A faux MRI image showcases the impact of fake memories on the human brain.
The content of our long-term memories is constantly "reconstructed" by our brains. The same is true of memories formed mere seconds ago.