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From consciousness to nothingness and beyond, these questions still baffle the brightest minds. Will they ever be solved?
“Say what you want to say, and not what you feel.” Harvard happiness professor explains ‘metacognition’ techniques so you can grow your emotional intelligence:
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Journalist Steven Kotler on digital immortality and the tech that could keep us “alive,” forever.
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“What happens if you incorporate an AI? It’s now a legal person, and it can make decisions by itself. So you start having legal persons in the U.S., which are not human, and in many ways are more intelligent than us.”
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The controversial theory about magic mushrooms and human evolution gets a much-needed update.
The dying brain experiences a surge of electrical activity. Could this help explain the mysterious phenomena of near-death experiences?
Neural imaging has shown that the brain has “decided” what we’re going to do before we make a conscious choice — but is this even relevant to free will?
Do humans have souls, or are we just particles? Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder explains.
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How does the mind interact with the body? Nobody really knows — but these philosophers ventured an answer.
“Upon emergence, these patients are sincerely unsure what was reality and what was a ‘dream.'”
Can psychedelics solve the ‘hard problem’ of consciousness? A Johns Hopkins professor explains.
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Can AI and animals coexist? Philosopher Peter Singer gives us a nuanced take on the issue.
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Scientists can’t define spirituality. But we can study its healing effects, says this Columbia psychologist.
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Futurist Ari Wallach shares how to become future-conscious.
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Your brain may notice fearful faces, even if you don’t consciously realize it.
No matter your company role, the road to a happy and robust team culture can be built on unconditional regard for others.
The simulation hypothesis is fun to talk about, but believing it requires an act of faith.
How Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky cracked open behavioral economics and enlightened all our choices.
Some scientists think brain organoids could develop a form of consciousness. Others say that’s science fiction.
Are people are more likely to act less emotionally and more rationally when speaking their second language?
Aiming to unlock the secrets of his unconscious mind, Jung experimented with intensive daydreaming.
At age 37, neuroanatomist Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor suffered a stroke that would take her eight years to fully recover from. This is how it changed her understanding of the brain.
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Some neuroscientists question whether the body can “keep score” of anything in a meaningful way.
Recent discoveries about bodily awareness have changed how scientists think about the nature of consciousness.
Maybe our understanding of quantum entanglement is incomplete, or maybe there is something fundamentally unique about consciousness.
Is science destined to crack the code of consciousness—and how would we even go about it?
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Discover the ancient wisdom of not pushing the river.
Belief in God and the afterlife increased, while belief in superstition decreased.