philosophy
Buddhism and Western science converge on a number of ideas.
Our attention is more than just a resource. It is an experience.
Thinking your life is worthwhile is correlated with a variety of positive outcomes.
Some experts say there’s no such thing. I choose to believe there likely is.
Is this the real life or is it just fantasy? And does it really even matter?
Arranged marriages and Western romantic practices have more in common than we might think.
Digging deeper into the mystery of the brain, soul, and consciousness.
Einstein’s God is infinitely superior but impersonal and intangible, subtle but not malicious. He is also firmly determinist.
None of these steps are quick or easy, but practice and online courses can help.
To go beyond meaning you might need a helpful phrase.
Some games are just for fun, others are for thought provoking statements on life, the universe, and everything.
Most people think human extinction would be bad. These people aren’t philosophers.
What if consciousness isn’t all about the brain?
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Great ideas in philosophy often come in dense packages. Then there is where the work of Marcus Aurelius.
It’s not what you have, it’s what you do with it.
Marcelo Gleiser and Alister McGrath discuss truth and meaning in an indifferent universe.
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There are many ways to posit the fundamental nature of reality.
Turn on, tune in, and drop out and into a good psychedelic book.
A Chinese researcher has sparked controversy after claiming to have used gene-editing technology known as CRISPR to help make the world’s first genetically modified babies.
The famed author headed to the pond thanks to Indian philosophy.
With his collected letters recently being published, it’s time to revisit this extraordinary thinker.
It’s been used by everyone from philosophers to business leaders — and Stanford research shows it really makes a difference.
These great thinkers remind us that taking an unpopular, bold stance might not be madness.
Meditation with a mystical edge? Don’t knock magick ’til you’ve tried it.
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