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Your mind is built to process contradictory, irrational ideas. Use that to reach new intellectual heights.

Are you the type of person who solves problems piecemeal, or with one great insight? A new study tells us the merits of each method.  

Any story we tell of our species, any science of human nature, that ignores how important stories are in shaping what and how we think and feel is false. We evolved to be ultra-social (and self-deficient), so we care deeply about character and plot.  

Through an incredible anecdote, Earl Lewis demonstrates why STEM can’t do it alone. Scientists and humanists needs each other, and institutions have a responsibility to continue to fund and nurture the humanities.

Editor’s Note: This article was provided by our partner, RealClearScience. The original is here. The entire idea of democracy rests upon the notion that large groups of people will, more […]

To truly help developing societies, we need to answer their immediate needs.