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The multi-leveled constructions of metaphysics are the collective workings of a fantastical virtuality. Did you get that?
The deep-thinking oddballs of West Coast cycle racing valued mid-ride marijuana over sports science.
The One Ring has its own agency and sentience — and it opens up a wonderful philosophy of things beyond our comprehension.
Diogenes engaged in shocking behavior to demonstrate the contradictions, small-mindedness, and sheer absurdity of prevailing social conventions.
It's possible to measure philosophy's progress in two ways. But is that really the point?
How does the mind interact with the body? Nobody really knows — but these philosophers ventured an answer.
While Taoism can be paradoxical and abstract, it also offers daily life lessons.
Happiness is not a five-star holiday. It's often the result of struggle — and asking for help, as author Stephanie Harrison recently told Big Think.
The patron saint of calling BS, Harry Frankfurt, died watching his philosophy become more urgent than ever.
Dive into a realm where time, space, and even reality itself are put into question.
Though he renounced philosophy, Stephen Hawking's final theory of the universe redraws the basic foundations of cosmology.
Cosmology is unlike other sciences. When our view of the Universe changes, so does our understanding of philosophy and science itself.
“Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9 percent of everything you think, and of everything you do, is for yourself — and there isn’t one.”
The great philosopher spent the final portion of his painful life in a vegetative state. Did illness get him there, or was it his own philosophy?
Far from being a “dead” pursuit that focuses on old ideas, modern philosophy proposes and debates important, new concepts. All of us can learn from it.
Strategy advisor Roger Martin explains how 2,000 year old military thinking is useful in modern business strategy.
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The Santa Fe Institute is a cradle of modern research. Our host Kmele meets some of the brilliant minds who work there.
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The information we have in the Universe is finite and limited, but our curiosity and wonder is forever insatiable. And always will be.
Like many of us, the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius hated waking up early, but his stoic philosophy always helped him get out of bed.
From consciousness to nothingness and beyond, these questions still baffle the brightest minds. Will they ever be solved?
If the "self" is not real, then we are slaves to a billiard ball universe, trapped in a nihilistic nightmare in which we cannot change our fate.
Yoga is more than just standing on your head. It's about uniting with the divine.
Kmele talked with a planetary scientist, a physicist, and a futurist, to understand how visionaries across disciplines are thinking about the future of our planet and humankind.
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Nagomi helps us find balance in discord by unifying the elements of life while staying true to ourselves.
Philosophers Massimo Pigliucci and Greg Lopez discuss how Stoicism can help us gain perspective on our emotions and act with intention in the world.
Stoicism is a big deal right now, but it has some major flaws. Here's why you might want to hold off on becoming a Stoic.
Is there an ultimate answer to the age-old question?
Progress got derailed somewhere between indoor plumbing and the flying car. Why?
To be successful at bonsai cultivation, you must acquire the perseverance and unconditional kindness normally reserved for devout monks.