Astrology is condemned in the Bible as pagan foolishness, sinful idolatry, even the handiwork of demons. Yet according to the Gospel of Matthew, the magi learned of the baby Jesus’ existence from a star!
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We survey the groundbreaking ideas of 2011 from experts such as Daniel Kahneman, Ray Kurzweil, Peter Diamandis, Sal Khan, Daniel Burrus, Michio Kaku, Steven Pinker and many others.
Law Think examines timely and timeless legal and human rights issues facing the UK and the world. Leon Glenister was part of a consultation group at the University of Cambridge which […]
Via Dangerous Intersection, I saw this TED lecture by Daniel Kahnemann, based on his book Thinking Fast and Slow, about the conflict between the “experiencing self” and the “remembering self”. […]
Several of the most recent recipients of the Nobel Prize in physics, chemistry and medicine share their work habits, their inspiration and what else put them on the path to Nobel gold.
Religious groups, labor groups, women’s rights groups, environmental groups and various business interests all offer “scorecards” that rate politicians. So why not atheists? Penn Jillette fills the void.
William Ackman, CEO of Pershing Square Capital, is an expert at making money. In his Floating University Lecture, Ackman says to be a successful investor you have to be able to avoid the natural human tendency to follow the herd.
Editor’s Note: After a holiday that’s all about gratitude, it seemed appropriate to post this. Please welcome Jessa Jackson as she tells the story of how she went from Mormonism […]
“As a man is,” wrote William Blake, “so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.” No doubt my tumultuous childhood is a part of the reason […]
Stress. It is probably one of the biggest risks we face. The more worried you are that you might get sick, the more likely it is that you will, […]
There are a number of issues at stake in the way Americans choose to think of their heritage and celebrate their creation story on Thanksgiving. After all, creation stories serve as a guide for how we function as a society today.
From an evolutionary perspective, our quickness to judge faces certainly makes sense. We need to know if someone is friend or foe, if he is strong or weak, if we can trust him or not. And we need to know quickly, before something bad happens. But is that quickness still as good when it determines national political outcomes?
What was prehistoric human sex like? Most of us conjure “the hackneyed image of the caveman, dragging a dazed woman by her hair with one hand, a club in the other.” Psychologist Christopher Ryan says this image is mistaken in every detail.
Viral content is defined by authenticity, humor and controversy; NYU Stern Business School professor Scott Galloway wrote an email to a student that hit the trifecta. He now uses the experience as a digital media strategy lesson.
As the Brain Drain Race between wealthy nations heats up, emerging countries will continue to lose any chance at economic stability, while wealthy nations lose potential partners and markets in the global economy.
With the cost of genotyping falling at a rate faster than Moore’s Law, genetics could be used to answer some of the burning questions of the social sciences.
So maybe it’s time to come down from space and say some obvious things about the campaign for the Republican nomination. The first is that Sarah Palin has been defeated […]
As print sales decline and new e-platforms pop up everywhere, the future of the book has become a source of widespread speculation. In my previous post I asked: what’s the […]
Funny thing about fear. By the time you feel it, your body is already quite busy keeping you safe.
1. I was glad to learn from BIG THINKER Daniel that Walmart has become a catalyst for change on the Green or environmental front. That’s good news, because what that corporation’s brains […]
Newt Gingrich has apologized to Paul Ryan for calling his budget plan “right wing social engineering. Rick Santorum will be apologizing soon to John McCain for suggesting that McCain doesn’t […]
David Brooks has a very thoughtful column on the fact that a lot of soaring health care costs have to do using all means available to keep very sick people […]
In a special election last night, Democrat Kathy Hochul upset Republican Jane Corwin to become New York’s 26th District’s representative in Congress. The race had been widely seen—and was treated […]
They live in a parallel society, a world apart, where they obey an alien law and pray to an alien God. Their liberal allies foolishly promote toleration and claim these […]
When I was a kid, atheists ruled over large swatches of the world and mainstream conventional wisdom expected religion to die out. If Communism (not then acquainted with history’s ash-heap) […]
Looking to past elections to predict the outcome of one soon to come doesn’t usually work that well. Back in October 2008, I looked to eight past elections to try […]
Computer software helps prove that Shakespeare was no different than the writers of today’s crime scene dramas. He collaborated with other writers.
This New Republic author shares with us abundant evidence that Republican leaders of various kinds have turned on Sarah Palin. It’s true enough that many were seduced by the promise of […]
The link between Super Bowls and heart failure is usually written in guacamole and beer. But we are a social species, whose feelings about group identity have a direct impact […]