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A person in a suit holds up a NOAA map showing the forecast track and intensity of Hurricane Dorian, reminding us that, unlike Einstein, we can't change the facts—only prepare for them—in an office setting.
Starts With A Bang
Einstein’s famous “change the facts” quote is an insidious lie
Einstein is credited with saying, "If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts." What he actually said has a very different meaning.
Ethan Siegel
A hand pulls a green book from a library shelf, surrounded by tsundoku—the gentle art of collecting more books than you can read—with the silhouette of a person formed from the bookshelf and books.
Neuropsych
What our shelves of unread books teach us about ourselves
The Japanese practice of "tsundoku" bestows joy and lasting benefits to those who make books an important part of their lives.
Kevin Dickinson
An image of an ancient black hole
Starts With A Bang
At 36 billion solar masses, is the heaviest black hole too massive?
At the center of Hubble's famous "cosmic horseshoe," a very heavy supermassive black hole has been robustly measured. How is it possible?
Ethan Siegel
A man with a bald head and beard sits on a chair with arms resting on his lap, in front of a yellow rectangle with black lines and dots extending outward.
Big Think+
4 requirements for high performance
Why talent alone isn’t enough to achieve your goals.
Josh Browning
Illustration of a skateboarder in mid-air performing a trick, with labeled rotation angles (720°, 900°) and the term “McTwist” on a blue sky background with clouds.
Smart Skills
How to instantly be better at things
Just pretend you're someone else.
Cate Hall
A hand holding a sealed envelope emerges from turbulent ocean waves against a black background.
13 min
The Big Think Interview
Yuval Noah Harari: How to safeguard your mind in the age of junk information
“All information technologies up to the 21st century were organic networks based on our organic brain.”
Yuval Noah Harari
A vintage, hexagonal brooch featuring a realistic painted human eye in the center, surrounded by a metallic frame.
3 min
The Well
The case for useless knowledge
Astrobiologist Betül Kaçar on why the simple act of asking questions (without needing a reason) is one of the most powerful things a human can do.
Betül Kaçar 
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