philosophy

A virtuous diet isn’t strictly vegan.

Cross-disciplinary cooperation is needed to save civilization.

Life is governed by unspoken rules. How do you know you’re following them correctly?

Quantum theory has weird implications. Trying to explain them just makes things weirder.

When does a healthy desire for wealth morph into greed? And how can we stop it?

Why saying, “I don’t know,” might be the best thing you can do.

Science has not yet reached a consensus on the nature of consciousness.

Pythagoras may have believed that the entire cosmos was constructed out of right triangles.

Is the physical universe independent from us, or is it created by our minds, as suggested by scientist Robert Lanza?

Hippocrates overturned conventional wisdom and invented modern medicine.

Must a religious story be confirmed as a true fact to be effective and inspiring?

Being an intellectual is not really how it is depicted in popular culture.

Diogenes was no doubt odd, but Cynicism might just help our overcrowded lives.

A famous thought experiment from the 1970s is more relevant today than ever before.

No. But Buddhism and quantum mechanics have much to teach each other.

Truth might be hard to find, but we can take steps to eliminate common cognitive biases.

Aliens symbolize the best and worst of humanity. When we dream of aliens, we are pondering our future selves.

Is working from home the ultimate liberation or the first step toward an even unhappier “new normal”?

Seek pleasure and avoid pain. Why make it more complicated?

What’s the difference between brainwashing and rehabilitation?

How morally developed are you?

If you ask your maps app to find “restaurants that aren’t McDonald’s,” you won’t like the result.

This spring, a U.S. and Chinese team announced that it had successfully grown, for the first time, embryos that included both human and monkey cells.

Many people believe that in the face of profound evil, they would have the courage to speak up. It might be harder than we think.

Regularities, which we associate with laws of nature, require an explanation.

Philosopher and logician Kurt Gödel upended our understanding of mathematics and truth.

Did the 20th century bring a breakthrough in how children are treated?

Reductionism offers a narrow view of the Universe that fails to explain reality.

Could a pill make you more moral? Should you take it if it could?

Once a book is published, who gets to interpret it? Us or the author?