The Well
A publication by the John Templeton Foundation and Big Think
Do we inhabit a multiverse?
Do we have free will?
What is love?
Is evolution directional?
There are no simple answers to life’s biggest questions, and that’s why they’re the questions occupying the world’s brightest minds. Together, let's learn from them.
Welcome to The Well.
How to live an intellectual life
According to Zena Hitz, the idea of the intellectual has become distorted. She believes “the real thing is something more extraordinary but also more available to us.”
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The common character trait of geniuses
James Gleick, the author of biographies of Isaac Newton and Richard Feynman, discusses what they and other geniuses have in common.
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