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Epistemology
"Broadly speaking, it's at least plausible, this might be right."
A century ago, quantum physics overthrew our view of a deterministic Universe. A profound 21st century theorem closes the door even further.
Not all knowledge carries over.
Evolution may have built our brains, but it didn't build them to find truth.
A paradigm should be elastic enough to accommodate new data and broad enough to explain the world. For Rupert Sheldrake, ours does neither.
"For every PhD there is an equal and opposite PhD."
Your BS detector might not be as accurate as you think.
"Okay, dad, but GMOs help feed the world."
Plato's cave metaphor illustrates the cognitive trap of ignorance, where we may be unaware of the limitations of our understanding.
How many scientists does it take to ruin a good conspiracy?
Almost everything we can observe and measure follows what's known as a normal distribution, or a Bell curve. There's a profound reason why.
Dive into seven texts that continue to shape Western philosophy, from ancient Mesopotamia to Greece's brightest minds.
A relatively new interpretation of quantum mechanics asks us to reimagine the process of science itself.
AI was the most divisive topic in a recent predictions tournament.
Philosophy is often seen as little more than armchair speculation. This is a shame, as philosophy often has helped science reach new heights.
A philosophical debate spanning creation, free will, and a sneaky teapot.
Descartes broke from the European philosophers who preceded him and devised a new way of considering humanity and the world.
Dive into a realm where time, space, and even reality itself are put into question.
If something exists, it is by definition natural.
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Science has opened so many doors to humanity’s understanding of the world. Scientism shuts them. Here’s how to tell the difference.
From consciousness to nothingness and beyond, these questions still baffle the brightest minds. Will they ever be solved?
Theory without experiment is blind, and experiment without theory is lame.
Intellectual humility demands that we examine our motivations for holding certain beliefs.
John Templeton Foundation
Though ultimately incorrect, the ancient Greek philosophers blazed a conceptual trail for humankind to understand the nature of reality.
Though quantum mechanics is an incredibly successful theory, nobody knows what it means. Scientists now must confront its philosophical implications.
There are different types of atheism and atheists. In general, they can be classified as the non-religious, the non-believers, and agnostics.
UAP are no laughing matter anymore.