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His career helped define humanity’s place in the world by bringing us “a little closer” to our ape relatives.
Will you die when your body dies?
There is no going "back to normal."
Journalists, doctors, and others you should know.
While shuffling off their mortal coils, these giants of thought had some parting words.
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Sam Harris: The Self is an Illusion Sam Harris describes the properties of consciousness and how mindfulness practices of all stripes can be used to transcend one’s ego. Ray Kurzweil: […]
Getting risk wrong leads to dangers all by itself, and we will remain vulnerable to these mistakes until we let go of our naïve post-Enlightenment faith in reason and accept that risk perception is inescapably an affective system, not just a matter of rationally figuring out the facts.
One need not read all 145 pages of the SOPA and PIPA bills to understand the debate in Washington DC. Big Think has provided a brief guide to the issue for your convenience.
It’s always exciting news for us at Big Think when one of our own has published a new book. Today we are excited to spread the word about Mark Seddon’s […]
Last month the Boston Red Sox dropped out of playoff contention, losing their wild-card berth to the Tampa Bay Rays after leading them by nine games three and a half […]
After touching down early Thursday morning, the Atlantis shuttle is now officially a museum piece. It will be retired at the Kennedy Space Center Museum in Cape Canaveral, Florida. “Job […]
Last week, Big Think blogger Frank Jacobs featured “The United States of Movies,” on his blog Strange Maps. The map, originally posted Reddit, assigned a movie to every U.S. state […]
We received a lot of great contributions for our Bret Easton Ellis question contest! Some of our favorite contributions came from the following Big Thinkers: Arlinda Shtun, who asked: “If […]
In the wake of Ted Kennedy’s passing, leaders from all walks of life and on both sides of the partisan divide have paid their respects to him. Many of Big […]
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The public should stand with the LGBT community against hatred.
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Keith Whittington, Professor of Politics at Princeton University, breaks down three key free speech arguments by John Stuart Mill.
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Creative thinkers are unafraid of the ambiguous spaces where innovation often resides — and this trait is vital when navigating change.
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“Forget about essences.” Philosopher Daniel Dennett on how modern-day philosophers should be more collaborative with scientists if they want to make revolutionary developments in their fields.
To Fred Hoyle, the Big Bang was nothing more than a creationist myth. 75 years later, it's cemented as the beginning of our Universe.
Why has the value of strategic thinking never been higher? It’s complex.
"Conceptual isolation" offers an agreeable solution.
We can no longer approach the news as passive consumers.
George Orwell got it right: "Never use a long word where a short one will do."
About 1 in 5 adults now say they have no religious affiliation, up from 1 in 50 in 1960.
These were the stories you clicked on the most.
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Two-thirds of our days are spent alone. The Metaverse will bring us together, argues leading Metaverse thinker Matthew Ball.
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Don’t take the prodigy pathway. Become a broad thinker instead.
Looking at ourselves in a mirror — or on a video call — shapes our sense of self. But what you see is not what others see.