The initial goal of AI was to create machines that think like humans. But that is not what happened at all.
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Studio Ghibli movies celebrate the natural world using a very Japanese mixture of Shinto, Buddhist, and Daoist themes.
Big Think recently spoke with Nick Bostrom about how humans might find fulfillment in a post-scarcity world.
An insect? A vermin? An unwanted animal? What in the world is Franz Kafka talking about?
Tasting sounds and hearing colors.
Humanity can avoid catastrophe — if we look beyond our blinkered present.
Always look on the bright side of death.
Radical thinker Rutger Bregman paints a new, more beautiful portrait of humanity.
A new book by historian and author Paul Strathern argues that the Northern European Renaissance has long been overlooked.
Being an intellectual is not really how it is depicted in popular culture.
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To be successful at bonsai cultivation, you must acquire the perseverance and unconditional kindness normally reserved for devout monks.
Volunteering at a food bank, doing a coding workshop, or taking an online course might earn you micro-credentials.
Life is possible because of asymmetries, such as an imbalance between matter and antimatter and the “handedness” (chirality) of molecules.
“Oosouji” or “big cleaning” is much more than a chance to tidy up.
The gaze of another person can make us conceive of our body as an object.
Fire-breathing dragons may represent chaos and the human impulse to conquer that threat.
A new generation of leaders is forging a path for 21st-century capitalism that’s both profitable and socially responsible.
You’ve certainly seen the paintings — but they don’t depict what you think they do. Benjamin Moser discusses with Big Think.
The “overview effect,” experienced by astronauts when they view the Earth from outer space, irrevocably changes your perspective as a human.
In the spirit of the 1969 moon landing, we now have a golden opportunity to pursue “nondisruptive” creative solutions.
Psychologists discover that the way the brain perceives beauty differs between art or faces.
Be famous within five miles.
2022 was another busy year in the realm of science, with groundbreaking stories spanning space, materials, medicine, and technology.
Hubble revolutionized astronomy more than once. Here’s what we can expect from the James Webb Space Telescope.
We should not romanticize ancient Egyptian culture.
Modern science progresses with an intensity and even irrationality that Aristotle could not fathom.
It might seem petty and shallow to get upset over a bad gift, but there’s often a deeper reason behind the feeling.
An interview with Lisa Kaltenegger, the founding director of the Carl Sagan Institute, about the modern quest to answer an age-old question: “Are we alone in the cosmos?”
From physics and alchemy to theology and eschatology, Isaac Newton’s research was rooted in a personal pursuit of the Divine.