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"Why is the mass of the electron what it is and not 12 times larger or half the size?"
We have reason to believe that some aspects of free will you are not consciously aware of.  I don’t think that necessarily means that you’re not free, but you’re not consciously aware of it. 
Edward is also helping change the field of philanthropy by co-founding CrowdRise, a social fundraising site that makes it easy and fun for people to raise money for their favorite causes.
I think that the debate over the existence of free will is so much more consequential than the debate over the existence of God.  
From a health standpoint there really is not one shred of evidence that genetically modified food has any impact on health other than beneficial. 
If we take away the either/or aspect to relationships when it comes to sex, I think we’ll end up with much more stable relationships and happier people, probably.
Try a few new things and yeah, sometimes it will be embarrassing. But maybe that is not such a bad thing. Maybe it’s worth it.
It is happening...but as the quote often associated with discussions of innovation suggests, "the future is here, it is just not evenly distributed...." For years, I’ve predicted, promoted and pleaded […]
There’s no consensus yet as to how we should think about a lot of these biotechnologies.  It’s what we’re working out.
There are two things that people want to be able to do to improve their emotional life.
Are U.S. Guns to Blame for Violence in Mexico?
Reverse innovation is not about giving yesterday’s technology; it is not about giving cheap products.  It's about giving value because poor people want value.
We’re constantly editing our day with blinking.
As we keep pushing forward with technology, we’ll be able to take more and more data from the invisible parts of the world and start feeding them into our brain.
Mathematics is a way of formulating an idea, not an idea itself. 
You can grow from failure and then you work at it again.  You never give up.  You keep pushing forward.
One of the most important things you can do is just accept your need for ego validation.
This 80-milligram robot is not only the size of an insect, it also maneuvers like flies with the help of piezoelectric muscles and rotating joints.
The video below shows Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo breaking the sound barrier.
David Arenson takes the position that your life's mission is to love yourself.