Guest Thinkers — August 15, 2009

Science and Art of Happiness

In this article concepts of greed, desire and sustainability are explored. It is shown that by sublimating our greed impulses and desires into higher good and by living a simple life we all can live happily and sustainably.

Anil Rajvanshi

The article discusses how to achieve happiness and is being posted for discussion and debate.

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Health

Out for blood in the search to stall aging

Is blood the key to anti-aging, or just another lucrative biotech opportunity?

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13.8

Hubble’s great discovery concealed a tension that still haunts cosmology

There are two methods to measure the expansion rate of the Universe. The results do not agree with each other, and this is a big problem.

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Thinking

Do you crave deeper knowledge? Go Zen and learn to forget

For the clarity of a “beginner’s mind” and a path to true and lasting wisdom, one must fully embrace “not-knowing.”

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Thinking

4 philosophical answers to the meaning of life

Is there an ultimate answer to the age-old question?

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The Future

I’m a rational optimist. Here’s why I don’t believe in an AI doomsday.

While many imagine terrifying futures run by AI, Rohit Krishnan is quietly identifying real problems and solutions.

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