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Critical Thinking
A simple dice game shines a bit of light on the psychology of regret.
Here's how belief in a higher power can act like a psychological safety net.
What Shark Tank pitches, Sundance films, and unusual sandwiches show us about our choices.
"She understood me and I understood her. I loved that pigeon.”
Studies claiming to reveal strategies for feeling happy get a second look.
A volley of new insights reignites the debate over whether our choices are ever truly our own.
A sober look at a wild conspiracy theory that argues the Middle Ages never happened.
How to figure out the right amount of time for any project.
Your brain is not an obsolete piece of technology. Once properly trained for learning, it’s your ticket to navigating the AI landscape.
We often assume that movement means progress and that doing something is better than doing nothing. That is often not true.
Once students master the basics of math, they are allowed to use calculators. The same should be true of writing and ChatGPT.
Even if a leading theory of consciousness is wrong, it can still be useful to science.
You are much more likely to die in a car crash than from terrorism. Yet, philosopher Eran Fish says fearing terrorism more is justified.
Step 1: Don't solve the wrong problem.
5mins
There are 3 key principles that separate a good conversation from a great one — and they’ll completely change how you communicate.
Defamiliarization is a common tool in the arts. Here we learn how seeing things from a different angle can lead to billion-dollar success.
Talent wants to be free — but a safe company culture puts “the maze in the mouse” and shackles progress.
“Choose not to be harmed—and you won’t feel harmed," advised Stoic philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius. He had a point.
Millennials — who were raised to expect unlimited success but found only disappointment — can be drawn to manifestation.
We can no longer approach the news as passive consumers.
The patron saint of calling BS, Harry Frankfurt, died watching his philosophy become more urgent than ever.
1hr 13mins
This two-time debate world champion gives three tips for constructing the perfect argument.
His grandfather, a member of Oppenheimer’s atomic bomb team, foresaw the potential of nuclear energy to power cities — not destroy them.
Probability, lacking solid theoretical foundations and burdened with paradoxes, was jokingly called the “theory of misfortune.”
Scientists can make substantial progress without fully understanding exactly what they're doing.
If you've found yourself befuddled by extraordinary scientific-sounding claims, you're not alone. But this centuries-old lesson can help.
In the land of the double-blind, impartiality is king.
Learn to spot the scientists who are searching for the truth rather than money, ego, or fame.
Science news presents a flood of breakthroughs and discoveries that promise to change our lives. They rarely do.
Debate is a verbal sport with winners and losers. As such, it is less about the truth and more about who looks and sounds the best.