Does humanity have a moral imperative to seed life on lifeless worlds? And should we avoid colonizing a planet if life already exists there?
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Between the hedonic and eudaimonic life, there’s a happy medium to be found.
The cycles of life all rely on the dynamism of the Earth’s crust.
Two scientists recently wagered a bottle of whiskey. The bet? Whether we’ll find evidence of advanced extraterrestrial life in the next 15 years.
Some of the world’s most satisfied societies are poor, small, and remote.
This biochemist is determined to create a new life form by reversing the shape of molecules.
We must get happiness right — even when the world around us gets it wrong.
33 years ago, the theoretical biologist Robert Rosen offered an answer to the question “Is life computable?”
A long view of biological survival might point us to new possibilities for finding life elsewhere in the Universe.
If there’s life lurking on the moons of Saturn and Jupiter, could our instruments even detect it?
NASA’s minivan-sized drone is scheduled to search for signs of life on Titan in 2034.
Big Think recently spoke with Nick Bostrom about how humans might find fulfillment in a post-scarcity world.
“If we find just one other example of biology out there, then life is not an accident.”
Unlock the paradoxes of life through poetic realism.
Is there an ultimate answer to the age-old question?
Kahneman was a world-changing psychologist — even with his lesser known ideas on life satisfaction.
We don’t need to think about what life is made of but rather what it does.
“Resilience” is being able to withstand hardship; “antifragility” goes one step further.
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Meditation can put you in a wiser relationship with life.
Radical Emotional Acceptance calls on you to celebrate all of life’s emotions — even the negative ones.
Albert Camus was a Franco-Algerian philosopher with some great insights on the meaning of life, why you should look to this life and not the next, and why suicide is a poor choice.
The space telescope’s findings challenge the notion of a galaxy brimming with life.
Two of the answers add a dimension to physics that doesn’t belong there. Maybe we could call it “astrotheology.”
If words are really only 7% of communication, then why would anyone need to learn a foreign language?
Redemption is the journey towards becoming a better person. It’s the story of human life.
The road to intelligent life is a series of hard steps.
The preservation and celebration of life, and not greed, should be our primary decision-making value.
Frozen adversity set the stage for an explosion of diversity.
Individuals and organizations can maintain a strong and enduring identity by repeatedly remaking themselves.
Life is the only physical system that actively uses information.