Can an evolutionary perspective help explain culture and various social behaviors? Is it proper to use “culture” for non-human animals? If so, what is “animal...
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Look up at the night sky. Some of those twinkles are not stars but galaxies, each with tens or hundreds of billions of stars. Even dark parts of the sky, empty to our eyes,...
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Black holes warp space and time, squeeze matter to a vanishing point, and trap light so that it cannot escape. Black holes, with masses millions or billions times that of our...
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Everyone knows that the universe is huge, but no one could have imagined how staggeringly immense the universe, or multiple universes, may actually be. It stops your breath.
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What can we learn about art by studying perception, cognition, emotion? And what can we learn about perception, cognition, emotion by studying art?
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What is it about science and theology that grips people so emotionally, as during a war, such that each is committed to his or her viewpoint (which often are sharply opposed...
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Ask the most fundamental questions; make the most penetrating inquires; probe the deep essence of existence. Push boundaries. Search the foundations of reality. Imagine all...
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Is the physical world real? Or an expression of consciousness. Is consciousness real? Or an illusion? Is there a spirit world? Many dismiss anything other than the physical.
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Many belief systems, religions in particular, use art for promoting their messages and furthering their missions. What makes art so effective in building and solidifying...
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Humanity’s future is now framed by artificial intelligence (AI) and increasing interventions in the human body to cure and to enhance, i.e., transhumanism. Considering the...
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More than one universe? It’s a ridiculous question no more. How could multiple universes be generated, and can we ever find evidence, one way or another, for their...
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