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Analytical Thinking
More than 90 percent of people make a mistake on this test.
"Of course, the spleen is the biggest organ in the body."
What the hell is “re-engineering business value creation systems” anyway?
Though ultimately incorrect, the ancient Greek philosophers blazed a conceptual trail for humankind to understand the nature of reality.
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Poker pro Maria Konnikova on how to recognize which details matter and master the science of deduction.
Take a closer look at the different types of reasoning you use every day.
Researchers have been developing a promising model that can more closely mimic the human body – organ-on-a-chip.
People engage in creative thinking every day, whether they realize it or not.
These five great books should prompt us to work on what needs fixing the most in the world: ourselves.
Ada Lovelace’s skills with language, music, and needlepoint all contributed to her pioneering work in computing.
From honing the art of perception to checking cognitive biases, here are a few techniques employees can learn in critical thinking training.
ChatGPT's capabilities are astonishing.
Find your wallet or keys — or a nuclear submarine.
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Bo Seo, Harvard’s former debate coach, explains a good argument.
Your very own "Conspiracy Detection Kit."
It's literally the one and only trick that separates top-notch physicists from crackpots, dropouts, and those who can't cut the mustard.
We could even benefit from more whataboutisms — if they're used properly.
An average undergraduate student in physics is better than the AI.
Elon Musk suggested remote-controlled, vibrating anal beads. Thankfully, there are more mundane explanations.
Could anyone still meet the Theoretical Minimum?
Humans tend to hunker down in our own minds and trust what we already believe to be true. This emotion-based way of thought isn't often the best way to think about anything, and often leads to gridlock.
John Templeton Foundation
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There is no evidence for God as a “big being.” Is God something else?
John Templeton Foundation
There are two conceptions of free will: "straight" and "mixed."
In a world where we assume people tell the truth, liars prosper. To stop them from exploiting others, here are three rules to catch a liar.
The role of the Devil’s advocate was to argue against the beatification of mystics. Contrary to popular belief, they did not wear Prada.
Since at least 600 BC, people have been mesmerized by the concept of the infinite.
Detective fiction reveals how a particular society or time period looks at crime and criminal justice.
Crystallization is an entirely random process, so scientists have developed clever ways to investigate it at a molecular level.