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Mind and Behavior
Although social paranoia is more common than clinical paranoia, studies suggests that American society isn’t any more conspiratorial than it has been in the past.
In the murder trial of Dan White, the defense touched on diet as a cause for White's actions. It has become known as the "Twinkie defense."
Too many companies fail to recognize that “the deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated” — but the solution is easy.
Big Think recently spoke with Nick Bostrom about how humans might find fulfillment in a post-scarcity world.
Beer before wine and you'll feel fine? Well, it depends.
Sometimes you just want to hear, "I know what it's like."
You really can get by with a little help from your friends — if you also look beyond your personal to-do list.
Even with the best technology imaginable, you'd probably never be able to exist as a consciously aware brain in a vat.
Total eclipses are a product of a strange and almost eerie cosmic coincidence — one that makes Earth an even rarer world in the galaxy and, by proxy, in the Universe.
Public mass shooters almost always have worldviews shaped by the "3 Rs": rage, resentment, and revenge.
When does "oversharing" become an issue?
The ability to toggle between abstract and concrete thinking is a key differentiator of high-potential leaders.
A recent study suggests that exposure to visual stimuli can diminish the effects of psychedelic drugs.
From Taoism to hedonism, philosophers have devised all sorts of ways to live your best life.
Nicole has been dating someone for a while but it's not working out from her point of view. Is sudden radio silence an ethical option?
Irene is on a bus with her young kids when two men come on, cussing like sailors. Should Irene step in and say something?
“Dune: Part One” screenwriter Eric Roth spoke with Big Think about the challenges of bringing Frank Herbert's sci-fi epic to the big screen.
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With great genius comes great rigidity. Professor Barabara Oakley on how to stay mentally agile — and get smarter as a result:
Making up false information is one of the biggest problems with AI, but there are no silver-bullet solutions.
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Mating, monogamy, and maximizing your sexual potential explained by 3 sex experts.
No matter how good our measurement devices get, certain quantum properties always possess an inherent uncertainty. Can we figure out why?
"Hardcore History" host Dan Carlin recently spoke with Big Think about the history of humanity's drive to create — and whether or not we can control it.
Implanting machine components into human bodies, argues one scholar, could make for a better society.
Aliens are often portrayed in popular culture as humanoid. But in reality, intelligent extraterrestrials might take far stranger forms.
The transformational change driven by AI will elevate neurodiversity inclusion as an organizational asset, argues Maureen Dunne.
We may be on the brink of finally seeing human-level intelligence in an AI — thanks to robots.
Kahneman was a world-changing psychologist — even with his lesser known ideas on life satisfaction.
Despite billions of years of life on Earth, humans first arose only ~300,000 years ago. It took all that time to make our arrival possible.
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Dr. Temple Grandin shares how we can unlock the hidden gifts of neurodivergent minds.