philosophy
The Story Of Primal Astrology: How One Man Created an Entire Horoscope
“Try telling someone you spent three years working on something ‘mystical’ because you felt a calling to do it. They will look at you like you’re crazy.”
Why Are So Many Sex Toys Purple?
Fast food companies have been using colour psychology for decades. Does the sex industry do the same?
In Experiment, AI Successfully Impersonates Famous Philosopher
It was difficult for people to guess whether philosophical responses came from the philosopher Daniel Dennett or the language generator GPT-3.
Jordan Peterson and 'Kung Fu Panda': How Did Slavoj Žižek Go Mainstream?
Žižek has become the philosopher du jour for a young, meme-hungry generation.
Do Animals Dream?
What nonhuman animals experience while sleeping can be called dreaming, philosopher David Peña-Guzmán writes in a new book. This impacts how we should think about their interior lives.
Do Animals Understand What It Means to Die?
Primates carry their dead infants; elephants return to where relatives lay dead. To explain these behaviors, scientists have to answer questions that have vexed philosophers for millennia.
The Revival of Stoicism
Everyone from Silicon Valley billionaires to self-help enthusiasts is repurposing Stoicism for our modern age, with results that are good, bad, and highly indifferent.
Do Psychedelics Just Provide Comforting Delusions?
And if so, does it matter? In a new book, philosopher Chris Letheby confronts the nature and implications of the mystical experiences people often have while taking psychedelics.
How Who You Are Influences What You Think Is True
A new study found associations between psychological traits and philosophical beliefs. If who we are drives our philosophy, what does that say about our explanations of the world?
OK, WTF Are ‘Virtual Particles’ and Do They Actually Exist?
Invisible and mysterious 'virtual particles' are everywhere, mediating all of reality that we interact with every day... or are they?
This Philosopher Says We Should Replace Religion with Socialism
In a new book, Martin Hägglund argues that the only way to change our existence is to accept it will end.
Lore Reasons: We Answer Your Philosophical Questions About Kingdom Hearts
In which I disagree with Tetsuya Nomura about what a "person" is. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.