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An AI expert just stated that it will be considered socially normal to have sex with robots by the year 2040. Sure, you may be having sex with a robot–but what will this mean for your human relationship?
Christopher Hitchens argued that religion makes humans “extremely self-centered.”
While some experts say it will help preserve the health of a country’s population, others call it unethical.
Repealing Obamacare without a fit replacement will leave tens of millions uninsured. Who is responsible for the fall out? A moral hypothetical raised by Kurt Vonnegut can help.
Scarcely noticed in the Eden story, there lurk fruitful scientific ideas about why biology generated morality.
Are life-saving drugs no different than milk or widgets? Should we treat everything on earth as a profit source? That way mechanized madness lies, whereby “your money or your life” is somehow seen as an acceptable business plan.
Cognitive scientist Guy Claxton believes we should think of our entire body as our brain.
While progress has been made in understanding the mechanisms behind consciousness, a seemingly limitless neuronal interaction makes discovering a point of origin challenging.
Today, a person’s organs will be harvested, whether or not their family is against it.
Pre-suasion is a method of priming an audience to receive your message more openly. It’s a powerful tool, and one that must be used in an ethical and just manner.
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Columbia professor Tim Wu came to the Big Think studio to talk about clickbait. What happened next will shock you.
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Does your doctor have the right to choose not to help you if they oppose the procedure you request? Several schools of thought offer differing answers.
Libertarian transhumanist Zoltan Istvan is running for Governor of California in 2018 and, among other things, he wants to conquer aging and death for all!
In a world where women are having children later in life, we are faced with new questions in reproductive ethics. Here we ask, “Do children have a right to be loved by grandparents?”
It seems difficult to explain why evangelical Christians swung their vote toward Donald J. Trump in the 2016 Presidential Election.
As mankind raises its eyes to Mars and asks, “How do we get there?”, we might need to ask, “Should we go?”. Carl Sagan said we may not be entitled to visit a potentially inhabited planet.
The UK government is discussing legislation that would require all internet service providers to block websites with “adult content”, specifically those without age verification.
Tesla’s Elon Musk gives a grave warning to those trying to hold back self-driving car technology. According to him, we have it all backwards.
What is masculinity? Should gentlemen watch pornography? How do we raise sons to be better than their fathers? What’s for dinner? Comedian Jim Gaffigan mulls over these big questions and more.
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Studies: One Dose of “Psilocybin” from Magic Mushrooms Relieves Depression in 80% of Cancer Patients
New studies from NYU and John Hopkins University show the effectiveness of psilocybin in treating depression and anxiety of cancer patients.
Spontaneous, deep talk on surprise topics. On this week’s episode of Think Again – a Big Think podcast, celebrity chef Alton Brown and host Jason Gots talk about fire, their mutual childhood lust for the Betty Crocker Easy-Bake Oven and how everything worth doing might get you killed.
What are the arguments in favor of comprehensive immigration restrictions, what relevant ethical claims are political discourses obscuring, and how has German hip-hop formed as a result?
The troubling ReAnima clinical trials in India have just been blocked.
Spontaneous, deep talk on surprise topics. On this week’s episode of Think Again – a Big Think podcast, novelist Ian McEwan and host Jason Gots discuss Hamlet, moral quandaries, and how to set boundaries in a world that wants to pull you in every direction.
One in five employees are distracted at work by social media, a Pew Research Center poll finds.
The first clinical trials on humans of CRISPR-Cas9-edited genes has begun in China.
A new study highlights the new ethical dilemmas caused by the rise of robotic and autonomous technology, like self-driving cars.
The Dalai Lama suggests the anger tearing apart nations is a feeling many have of not being needed any more.
How open are you to your partner having sex with other people? The answer may depend on your age.