October 30, 2013

The Big Think Pumpkin Carving Contest

There are many ways to transmit big ideas – through videos, through the written word, or as the title of this blog attests, through pictures that are worth more than 1,000 words.

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There are many ways to transmit big ideas – through videos, through the written word, or as the title of this blog attests, through pictures that are worth more than 1,000 words.

So Big Thinkers, get carving – or if you’ve already carved your pumpkin, take a picture of it and email it to us at info@bigthink.com.

The winning jack-o-lanterns will be posted on this blog and on Big Think’s Facebook page throughout the day tomorrow. Your deadline is when the clock strikes midnight on the West Coast tonight!

What makes a winning jack-o-lantern? Let’s face it, the artists have the upper hand in this contest, but creativity always counts for something.

Image by bykenklinker

a computer generated image of a human brain.

Thinking

The great free will debate featuring Michio Kaku and Steven Pinker

Who — or what — really controls your mind?

Building destroyed by the Halifax Explosion. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.

The Past

The largest accidental explosion of all time

More than a century ago, Halifax suffered an accidental blast one-fifth the size of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

a collage of photos of a man with a hat and a book.

High Culture

6 great books with wildly unreliable narrators

Dive into the twisted truths and concealed realities told by literature’s most unreliable narrators.

a group of five matches on a pink background.

The Well

Signs you’re burned out — and how to bounce back

If you don’t feel better after the weekend, the “burnout paradox” could explain why.

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Laurie Santos

Starts With A Bang

The trick to instantly identifying JWST images

If you can identify a foreground star, the spike patterns are a dead giveaway as to whether it’s a JWST image or any other observatory.

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