Don't Make Me One with Everything
The mystical doctrine of oneness has creepy implications
Stories by John Horgan
Noam Chomsky Calls Trump and Republican Allies "Criminally Insane"
The great linguist and political critic remains hopeful that we can overcome global warming and other threats
Philosophy Has Made Plenty of Progress
Philosopher Tim Maudlin sees advances in free will, morality and the meaning of quantum mechanics
Beauty Does Not Equal Truth, in Physics or Elsewhere
Truth can be ugly, and beauty can lead us astray
Antiwar Movement Spreads among Tech Workers
Engineering students join Google and Microsoft workers in protesting the tech-industry's enabling of U.S. militarism
Chasing the Quantum Tantra
Hippy physicist Nick Herbert pursues a lifelong love affair with nature
Why the Mind–Body Problem Can't Have a Single, Objective Solution
We cannot escape our subjectivity when we try to solve the riddle of ourselves
Oneness, Weirdness and Alienation
A new book about psychedelics conveys their subversive, estranging weirdness
Kicking My Caffeine Addiction
A science writer and java junkie struggles to stop abusing the world’s most popular drug
Mind–Body Problems: My Meta-Solution to the Mystery of Who We Really Are
The author of a new book about consciousness, free will and the meaning of life conducts a testy interview with himself
The Paradox of Karl Popper
The great philosopher, renowned for his ferocious attacks on scientific and political dogmatism, could be quite dogmatic
Why STEM Students Need Humanities Courses
The more science and technology dominate our culture, the more we need the humanities
Buddhism, the Good and the Bad
A science writer, in the afterglow of a one-week silent retreat, still has lingering doubts about Buddhism
A Buddhism Critic Goes on a Silent Buddhist Retreat
Something weird happens to a skeptical science writer during a week of meditation, chanting and skygazing
David Bohm, Quantum Mechanics and Enlightenment
The visionary physicist, whose ideas remain influential, sought spiritual as well as scientific illumination
Yes, Make Psychedelics Legally Available, but Don't Forget the Risks
Psychedelics have psychological and spiritual benefits, as a new best seller claims, but they’re far from a panacea
Why Does Jim Holt Exist?
A connoisseur of science, math and philosophy takes on the really big questions
How Physics Lost Its Way
Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder claims desire for beauty and other subjective biases have led physicists astray
Shouldn't Americans Care That Their Country Is Killing as Well as Imprisoning Kids?
Americans objecting to U.S. detainment of children at borders should also protest killing of kids overseas
Bloomsday Tribute to James Joyce, Greatest Mind-Scientist Ever
Ulysses doesn’t solve the hard problem, but it conveys with unsurpassed vividness what it feels like to be human.