Thinking

Where do your beliefs come from? It turns out evolution is behind every religion in the world.

Don’t take the Bible so seriously, says religious scholar and fully interesting guy Rob Bell.

Evangelical Christians are abandoning their core beliefs to follow a cult leader, says Reza Aslan.

Is today a repeat of yesterday? Rob Bell explains how the Japanese concept of Ikigai can help you wake up with a sense of wonder and purpose.

Robert Wright and Massimo Pigliucci discuss the challenges of scientism.

Do we really need an imaginary guy-in-the-sky to tell us what’s right and wrong? Not anymore, says Skeptic Magazine’s Michael Shermer.

Do you ever act irrationally? You probably have. Let’s take a look at how to fix that. 

In the age of Trump, it’s vital to get the terms and data right.

Do we really believe everything we say? Are you always trying to establish the truth when you argue? This thought experiment will help answer these questions.

If you believe there is intelligent extraterrestrial life out there, have you ever stopped to wonder why?

The U.S. State Department’s “Countries of Concern” include North Korea, Myanmar, and more. But how close is America itself to earning a place on the list? 

Finding New Year’s resolutions isn’t always easy. To help you out, we’ve gotten ideas from some of the greatest thinkers of all time.

One of the stranger philosophies currently enjoying a renewal of interest is also that of your favorite group of magical space wizard monks. 

‘Total work’, a term coined by the German philosopher Josef Pieper just after the Second World War in his book Leisure: The Basis of Culture (1948), is the process by which human beings are transformed into workers and nothing else.    

Existentialism is great and all, but how can you really relate to the ideas if you don’t think God is dead? Luckily, we’ve got just the thing. 

Nietzsche’s ideas were used by the Nazi’s to justify their atrocities, but did Nietzsche actually support Fascism? 

Author, speaker, and public intellectual Richard Dawkins is a first-class debater on subjects as grand and reaching as the very existence (or lack thereof) of a master creator. But he’s got a simple yet highly effective technique to win people over to see his point of view. Find out what it is right here.

Is life worse or better than non-existence? And if it is, who is judging? Welcome to anti-natalism, a small but lively corner of philosophy. 

There are many famous schools of thought that you have probably heard of, but did you hear the truth or just get a caricature of the idea? 

A new study addresses the question, while also raising even more questions.

Americans are, often with justification, regarded as not being versed in philosophy. This is a shame, as the United States and the colonies that proceeded it have produced many great thinkers

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,Courage to change the things I can,And wisdom to know the difference.

Once desire becomes suspect, sex is never far behind.    

New research nixes idea that religious people are ‘born believers.’

Why do scientists look down on philosophers? And are they right to do so?

George Bernard Shaw quipped that a rich man ‘does not really care whether his money does good or not, provided he finds his conscience eased and his social status improved by giving it away’. Was he right?

India is a vast land, rich in history, beauty, and great ideas. Here, we want to introduce you to ten great minds in Indian thought. These ten thinkers span thousands of years, include several religions, and more than a few fields of expertise.

From an evolutionary perspective, religious practices and rituals are a form of play.

Philosopher Tim Crane believes religion can be a rational, “intelligible human reaction to the mystery of the world.”

Time on your own means time to tell the difference between right and wrong.