Author: Big Think

Nathan Thrall: How to immerse readers in nonfiction writing

Nathan Thrall: How to immerse readers in nonfiction writing

Is AI eroding our critical thinking abilities?

Is AI eroding our critical thinking abilities?

Choose your temple: How mythology can help you spend the time you have left

Choose your temple: How mythology can help you spend the time you have left

Inside the emerging world of anesthesia “dream therapy”

Inside the emerging world of anesthesia “dream therapy”

A promising (and surprisingly simple) way to detect alien life

A promising (and surprisingly simple) way to detect alien life

The Big 5 personality traits linked to lifelong singlehood

The Big 5 personality traits linked to lifelong singlehood

Is mathematics the empress of science? A physicist weighs in.

Is mathematics the empress of science? A physicist weighs in.

Philosophy has lost its transformative power. Here’s how we can revive it.

Philosophy has lost its transformative power. Here’s how we can revive it.

Your mind shapes how food tastes before the first bite

Your mind shapes how food tastes before the first bite

Everyday Philosophy: Should we ban children from playing dangerous sports?

Everyday Philosophy: Should we ban children from playing dangerous sports?

Will physics ever prove that gravitons are real?

Will physics ever prove that gravitons are real?

Unmasking greed: The evolution of a complex and innate desire

Unmasking greed: The evolution of a complex and innate desire

The dangers of keeping epidemiology the “hidden science”

The dangers of keeping epidemiology the “hidden science”

Navigate to the “three ports” of ancient philosophy to find the good life

Navigate to the “three ports” of ancient philosophy to find the good life

Stephen Hawking’s eternal voice

Stephen Hawking’s eternal voice

Don’t waste time correcting misinformation. Instead, try the “bypassing technique”

Don’t waste time correcting misinformation. Instead, try the “bypassing technique”

Psychology has a consciousness problem

Psychology has a consciousness problem

Scientists find record high-energy cosmic ray electrons, but origin remains elusive

Scientists find record high-energy cosmic ray electrons, but origin remains elusive