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Critical Thinking
It is through speaking and listening that human beings become who they are.
A new technique for analyzing networks can tell who wields soft power.
Scientific journals, which are supposed to be the sacred scriptures of academia, are often full of shoddy research and misinformation.
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.
A philosopher unpacks the paradox in using the word "evil."
Media provocateurs and conspiracy theorists insist that they're "just asking questions." No, they aren’t.
You've heard of Stephen Hawking. Ever heard of Renata Kallosh? Didn't think so.
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Game theory is a unique combination of math and psychology. Its applications turn up everywhere, from nuclear war to Tinder to game shows.
The base rate fallacy may help to explain low reproducibility in various fields of science.
Easily distracted? Try a "distractibility delay."
Screens were around in previous generations, but now they truly define childhood.
Pseudoscience is science’s shadow.
Why do some corporate training programs fail? Here are five reasons.
In a new book, an MIT scholar examines how game-theory logic underpins many of our seemingly odd and irrational decisions.
Elastic thinking can reveal the assumptions that hamstring our ability to solve seemingly intractable problems.
People believe that slow and deliberative thinking is inherently superior to fast and intuitive thinking. The truth is more complicated.
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Not only that, but AI learns what type of faces we like.
I hate grading. I love teaching, though, and giving students feedback is teaching.
As the skills gap grows, learning and development can help ensure the viability of an organization’s talent well into the future.
“I watched closely for the sun or stars to appear, to correct my chronometer, on the accuracy of which our lives and the success of the journey would depend.”
“It’s not a secret that legal language is very hard to understand. It's borderline incomprehensible a lot of the time.”
The ranking is encouragingly diverse, with the top 10 featuring representation from five regions.
It took a series of ingenious experiments in the 20th century to uncover some of our biggest cognitive biases.
Religion fosters traits that are helpful in a school system that relies on authority figures and rewards people who follow the rules.
And what if both parties are skilled at mirroring each other? Will it produce a stalemate?