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Philosophy
Examine life’s biggest questions, from ethics to existence, with curiosity and critical thinking.
"Imagination is more important than knowledge" is often taken to mean that your conceptions outweigh what's real. That's not what he said.
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“If intelligence is the ability to respond to any argument, wisdom lies in knowing which parts of an argument to respond to.” Harvard debate coach Bo Seo explains how to argue better.
Voyager 2 flew past Uranus in 1986, finding a bland, featureless world. Now, in 2023, JWST's sights are similar. There's a reason for that.
Robots must identify themselves.
The multi-leveled constructions of metaphysics are the collective workings of a fantastical virtuality. Did you get that?
His plan to replace it with homegrown rice did not go well.
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Expert Louise Perry discusses the idea of sexual disenchantment, the commodification of sex, and the impact of the online porn industry on society.
FIRE is a lifestyle that promotes extensive saving in order to retire early, despite the fact that early retirement is far from practical.
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The biggest lingering question about GPT-4 isn't if it's going to destroy jobs or take over the world. Instead, it is this: Do we trust AI programmers to tell society what is true?
Einstein called his idea "abominable," but the world of physics came around to embracing the views of Georges Lemaître.
At this event, you’ll be around to hear the eulogy.
Awe-inspiring moments can be found in our daily lives, and they have surprising benefits for our health and sense of well-being.
You know that ghostly feeling that someone is nearby even though nobody is? It could be a trick of neural timing.
Modern robotics are creating a kind of cultural paradox, where the best religion is the one that eventually involves no humans at all.
A new AI lie detector can dive into their hidden thoughts and reveal “what language models truly believe about the world.”
She apparently learned some valuable business skills as a former prostitute.
Humanity can avoid catastrophe — if we look beyond our blinkered present.
Our huge, expanding Universe may truly be infinite. But if the set of possible quantum outcomes is also infinite, which "infinity" wins?
The multiverse is an idea that has gained a lot of traction in popular culture. But what does science have to say about it?