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Lonely humans will become infatuated with AI-fabricated personas.
There's a link between dark personality traits and breaches of battlefield ethics.
Everyone loves a good underdog story, but the lessons we derive from them depend on how they’re told.
Science will lead us to a universal morality and a cosmic religion.
Fear of being scammed can lead us to make decisions that go against our values and goals — both as individuals and as a society.
Some effective altruists “earn to give” — they make as much money as they can and then donate most of it to charities.
Adopting a healthy scepticism towards inherited ideas means “emptying the container of the Self.”
Evil is easy to identify and fight against; not so with stupidity.
In many city-states, it was perfectly acceptable for older men to have sexual relationships with young boys.
To the Greek philosopher, all of our actions ultimately aim at our own pleasure.
They could also "turn off" their fear.
These five great books should prompt us to work on what needs fixing the most in the world: ourselves.
If aliens are driven mostly by biological imperatives, humanity could be in big trouble if we ever meet technologically advanced beings.
A group of prominent scientists shares how research has changed them.
“My dad asked me if I had been to tutoring and I lied… Then he showed me the tablet."
De-extinction, if it is ever possible, will not be simple.
Surely they can't be worse...can they?
Psychologists are finding that moral code violations can leave an enduring mark — and may require new types of therapy.
Is science for everyone, or just the morally upright?
Many have argued that morals are relative, but Russia's war crimes reveal the hollowness of that belief. Morality is universal and objective.
In the future, people may look back with horror at how humans treated AI in the 21st century.
Satanic cultists don't even believe the Devil exists. Satanism is largely a religion focused on secular humanism and hedonism.
What if your best friend was an informant?
Even after a decade of hormone therapy, trans women are stronger and faster than cis women.
After 10,000 years of civilization, have we figured out what virtue is?
Every Christmas could be the last Christmas.
The "attention economy" corrupts science.
The separation of conjoined twins is fraught with stomach-churning biomedical and ethical challenges.