Noam Chomsky on Consciousness
Noam Chomsky, an intellectual giant, 'who was on Richard Nixon's enemies list', shares his views on consciousness and the mind:...
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Steven Pinker: How Language Influences Your Brain
Harvard educated professor Steven Arthur Pinker is a Canadian-American cognitive scientist, psychologist, psycholinguist, and a public intellectual. He's an advocate...
Will Artificial Intelligence Kill College Writing?
Jeff Schatten in The Chronicle of Higher Education: When I was a kid, my favorite poem was Shel Silverstein’s “The...
Are soul mates real, according to science?
Amir Levine in The Washington Post: For humans, biologically speaking, soul mates are entirely real. But just like all relationships, soul...
BOOK: The Song of the Cell
Explaining difficult ideas in terms that are both straightforward and interesting GOOGLE READS: From the winner of the Pulitzer Prize,...
Humanity Was Stagnant For Millennia — Then Something Big Changed 150 Years Ago
"Do we indeed have to worry more about how to utilize our wealth, and less about how to produce much...
How Mathematics Changed Me
If one is inclined toward mysteries, mathematics can lead one to the conclusion that behind the veil of life there...
How AI Distorts Decision-Making and Makes Dictators More Dangerous
Henry Farrell, Abraham Newman, and Jeremy Wallace in Foreign Affairs: In policy circles, discussions about artificial intelligence invariably pit China...
WATCH Some ‘Floating’ Ideas: A Hospital in Pakistan, A City in the Pacific, Iqbal Solar Park, Water From Ocean, Etc.
Curated by Irshad Salim (2020~) A floating hospital. August 2022 Floating cities in the Pacific concept. January 2022 December 2021...
What We Owe the Future
Scott Alexander in Astral Codex Ten: If the point of publishing a book is to have a public relations campaign,...
