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The Big Think Interview
Intimate interviews with the world's biggest thinkers.
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How facing adversity can help you live a deeper, more meaningful life
“There would be something very, very empty and meaningless about [a] sort of life with no problems.”
Peak performance mind hack explained in 7 minutes.
A psychiatrist studied 1,000 near-death experiences. Here’s what he discovered.
Scientology, QAnon, and Heaven’s Gate: why do we seek healing from cults?
7mins
Are sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll actually good for you?
7mins
It’s not a glitch in the matrix. It’s not the Mandela effect. There’s actually a scientific reason you remember things wrong.
6mins
Darwin, Descartes, and Maxwell all believed in these science ‘demons.’
6mins
Our current form of education is almost 200 years old. What should schools of the future look like?
Stand Together
From the first computer to modern AI: how to tell if machines are intelligent.
6mins
Experts say we should only be working 15 hours per week, so why are some working 80?
4mins
We can’t edit tweets, but we can edit our own DNA.
8mins
Conventional psychiatric practices tell us that if we feel bad, take this drug and it will go away. But after years of research with some of the top psychiatric practitioners […]
7mins
Trauma happens to everyone, but the way you respond to it determines its impact on your brain and body.
6mins
Don't let your reptile brain tell you what to do.
6mins
He's studied apes for 50 years - here's what most people get wrong.
9mins
The Bomber Mafia nearly changed the world—and you've likely never heard of them.
5mins
Can one equation unite all of physics?
5mins
Being an intellectual is not really how it is depicted in popular culture.
7mins
Why are rapture ideologies exploding?