Filmmaker Errol Morris Clarifies Stance on Kuhn and Trump
If Kuhn had “never lived,” there “might still be a President Donald Trump”
If Kuhn had “never lived,” there “might still be a President Donald Trump”
Shannon, a pioneer of artificial intelligence, thought machines can think but doubted they "would take over”
Harvard’s Richard Wrangham and Stanford’s Robert Sapolsky clash over claim that war has deep evolutionary roots
Psychiatrist John Halpern discusses the psychotherapeutic potential of peyote, ayahuasca, psilocybin, MDMA and other psychedelics
A journalist exploring psychedelics’ therapeutic potential participates in a ceremony of the Native American Church
Science journalist Gary Taubes weighs in on PSA tests and mammograms
Physicians are still recommending the blood test for prostate cancer even though it harms far more men than it helps
Big-picture biologist Tyler Volk talks about his book on “How We Came to Be”
Scholars debate filmmaker Errol Morris’s attack on Kuhn’s influential philosophy of science
Intellectuals defend the value of being intellectuals.
Filmmaker Errol Morris claims Kuhn’s critique of science paved the way for a post-truth presidency
Physicists battle over whether the theory of inflation is untestable, and hence not really scientific
Scientists and philosophers doubt the ancient claim that vigorous examination of yourself and others makes you a better person
Physicist, mathematician and blogger Peter Woit whacks strings, multiverses, simulated universes and “fake physics”
Imagining an ideal world can help us make this world better
Consciousness will still mystify us even if we scientifically solve it, philosopher predicts
Americans should have a more vigorous debate over Pentagon’s relentless pursuit of “disruptive” innovations
The advocate of "perennial philosophy" held that “entheogens” can provide glimpses of transcendent truths embodied in religions
A historian claims only apocalyptic destruction can close the gap between rich and poor
Philosopher Daniel Dennett tries, once again, to explain away consciousness
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