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Worldwide, 15% of children are born out of wedlock, but the figure varies from less than 1% in places like China to 69% in Iceland.
Your five-year-old can probably spot a cop-out.
Virtually anyone can now create convincing deepfakes. That doesn't mean you should.
Success is about give and take — with a little more give.
Adopting a healthy scepticism towards inherited ideas means “emptying the container of the Self.”
The “money taboo” is not a single taboo, but rather an amalgamation of several smaller taboos tied to gender and socioeconomic class.
Million Stories
The majority of children who stutter will spontaneously recover from it without intervention, but some 20% of people do not.
You want your baby's name to be unique, but so does everyone else.
Something doesn't add up.
Americans are more willing to put the greater good above their own interests today than in the 1950s.
Instead of liberation, the sexual revolution has led some people, particularly men, to be addicted to porn.
Only have sex with a person you love — a novel concept!
We're overthinking being nice.
People who rate themselves as highly knowledgeable about cats are more likely to interact with cats in ways they don't like.
What's the point of all that money?
Why should it be considered impolite to discuss something so important to our long-term well-being?
Million Stories
Why, exactly, should you die for your child?
Just as there are many types of believers, there's not only one type of atheist.
John Templeton Foundation
Does your father say "I love you," or express it in another way?
We all know assholes. Perhaps, you are one. Now, psychologists are trying to answer one of life's biggest mysteries: What, exactly, makes someone an asshole?
Shame is a powerful tool that must be used with care.
It's the clitoris, stupid!
It may depend on whether you're an "easily empathetically embarrassed" person.
Moral dilemmas reveal the limitations of ethical principles. Oddly, the most principled belief system might not have any principles at all.
Benjamin Franklin's lightning rod saved countless lives, but some religious leaders denounced his invention.
The attitude we take to Will Smith's slap will mirror our attitudes to violence, masculinity, and protecting others more generally.
Like witchcraft, "racecraft" refers to a kind of magical thinking — one that treats race as if it were scientifically meaningful.