Guest Thinkers — December 21, 2010

Greg on PBS

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To any readers for whom this has not yet aired: Greg is on Newshour and on The Charlie Rose show this evening, talking, I believe, about recipes. Or Yemen. He has also been on CNN, but I am not sure of the time. So tune in.

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

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Thinking

The perpetual quest for a truth machine

Why human attempts to mechanize logic keep breaking down.

Starts With A Bang

Ask Ethan: Why are inertial and gravitational mass equivalent?

The mass that gravitates and the mass that resists motion are, somehow, the same mass. But even Einstein didn’t know why this is so.

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Neuropsych

The psychology of the psychic

Thinking of a number between one and ten? Here’s how predictable human responses create the illusion of telepathy.

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The Future

NASA medical officer on spending 378 days in a Mars simulation

“When you feel the isolation setting in at times, you have to reframe your mindset.”

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Business

The trillion-dollar AI race to create “Digital God”

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

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