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Mind and Behavior
Want to get ahead? The best leaders are always humble, proactive and — above all — curious, advises Merlin CEO Jeremy Sirota.
A simple plate of vegetables has found the gaping blindspots in generative AI, and points the way to fixing them.
New evidence suggests the corvid family has surprising mental abilities.
Cecilie Fjellhøy, from the Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler, shares her experience.
The findings show that even small areas in the brain may have the potential to represent complex meanings.
How technology could change everything we thought we knew about reproduction.
It's hard to know what other people know. But it's not impossible.
In the brain's language-processing centers, some cells respond to one word, while others respond to strings of words together.
Do we actually live in a deterministic Universe, despite quantum physics? An alternative, non-spooky interpretation has now been ruled out.
Some biologists believe natural selection produces animals that are just good enough. Dawkins disagrees.
From hunter-gathers to desk jockeys, we work best when short, intense sessions are followed by lighter fare.
"We’re acting more like fans of a football team going to a game than a banker carefully choosing investments."
The digital world will always entail risks for teens, but that doesn’t mean parents aren’t without recourse.
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“If we didn't find helping other people pleasurable, we wouldn’t be altruistic.”
By focusing on the role of human experience, we may uncover new insights on the fundamental structure of reality.
Meet the scientist mixing mentalism with principles from positive psychology and the science of human potential.
How Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky cracked open behavioral economics and enlightened all our choices.
Oliver Burkeman — author of "Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals" — tells Big Think about modern life lessons from a 6th-century monk.
Desire is like a drug. But is an addict always an addict?
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What would the world be like if we focused on “the inherent beauty of math,” rather than its technical aspects? A statistician reflects:
The salinity of the oceans is not just a matter of taste. Saltier water behaves differently, too.
"The Big Map of Who Lived When" plots the lifespans of historical figures — from Eminem all the way back to Genghis Khan.
The annual rite of passage has always been more about the ambivalence of adults than the amusement of children.
Thinking of a number between one and ten? Here's how predictable human responses create the illusion of telepathy.
"When you feel the isolation setting in at times, you have to reframe your mindset."
Scientific surprises, driven by experiment, are often how science advances. But more often than not, they’re just bad science.
As creatures and machines meld together in increasingly advanced forms, ethicists are starting to take note.
In "Life As No One Knows It," Sara Imari Walker explains why the key distinction between life and other kinds of "things" is how life uses information.
Some news is slow, some news is fast — and there are two simple techniques to help you filter both.
If philosophers really enjoy one thing, it’s a good debate — but not an argument.