The anthropic principle has fascinating scientific uses, where the simple fact of our existence holds deep physical lessons. Don’t abuse it!
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This collection of learning and development quotes serves as a reminder of the meaning and purpose behind this important work.
Today, we could use Big Data to radically reform democracy. Tomorrow, we could build nanofabricators and usher in an era of abundance. Is society ready?
Helplessness isn’t learned — it’s an instinctual response that can be overcome.
The most celebrated genius in human history didn’t just revolutionize physics, but taught many valuable lessons about living a better life.
Cold War meets Star Wars in this cut-away of a 1950 “rubber bubble,” the first line of defense against nuclear sneak attack.
Two very different ideas, wormholes and quantum entanglement, might be fundamentally related. What would “ER = EPR” mean for our Universe?
Fear of being scammed can lead us to make decisions that go against our values and goals — both as individuals and as a society.
Shooting star or piece of space dust?
The decline of global poverty is one of the most important achievements in history, but the end of poverty is still very far away.
Is the Universe finite or infinite? Does it go on forever or loop back on itself? Here’s what would happen if you traveled forever.
There’s a big difference between the notions of ‘false vacuum’ and ‘true vacuum’ states. Here’s why we don’t want to live in the former.
From life on Earth to the planet itself, there are four ways our planet will actually experience “the end,” no matter how we define it.
It has no moving parts and could allow us to tap into renewable energy year round.
Forget these scientific myths to better understand your brain and yourself.
Wizbang innovations capture the public’s imagination, but thoughtful, incremental development is often more valuable to those in need.
Aragon AI CEO Wesley Tian tells Big Think Business how he took his company from initial conception, through acceleration, to the scaling phase.
While many imagine terrifying futures run by AI, Rohit Krishnan is quietly identifying real problems and solutions.
When the average person has a “theory,” they’re just guessing. But for a scientist, a theory is the pinnacle of what we can achieve.
To gain its full value, L&D leaders must be open to challenging assumptions about how they approach on-the-job training.
Is science absolute? Its truths and discoveries guide us toward the nature of reality, but we must always remain open-minded to revisions.
Unlock the paradoxes of life through poetic realism.
“How can we live without our lives? How will we know it’s us without our past?” Steinbeck writes.
Short-termism is both rooted in our most primal instincts and encouraged by runaway technological development. How can we fight it?
Carl Jung was one such person.
“The digital HQ – the digital infrastructure that supports productivity and collaboration – actually became more important than the physical HQ.”
With a bigger, better, and more sensitive detector, the XENON collaboration joins LZ and PANDA-X in constraining WIMP dark matter.
Cognitive psychologist and poet Keith Holyoak explores whether artificial intelligence could ever achieve poetic authenticity.
“Groupthink” gets a bad rap. In reality, we need groups to focus our thinking and to build on the ideas of others.
In all the Universe, only a few particles are eternally stable. The photon, the quantum of light, has an infinite lifetime. Or does it?