One of the most powerful of all human capacities is the ability to imagine ourselves in hypothetical situations at different […]
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Welcome to that beloved Mindscape annual tradition, the Holiday Message. An opportunity for a quicker and less-well-thought-out solo episode to
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Life is rich with moments of uncertainty, where we’re not exactly sure what’s going to happen next. We often find
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Welcome to the December 2022 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who
It’s easy enough to proclaim that we are curious creatures, but what does that really mean? What kinds of curiosity
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Stephen Hawking’s discoveries of black hole radiation, entropy, and the information-loss problem have both taught us an enormous amount about
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Why do people voluntarily hand over authority to a government? Under what conditions should they do so? These questions are
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Welcome to the November 2022 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who
People have a complicated relationship to mathematics. We all use it in our everyday lives, from calculating a tip at
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The founders of statistical mechanics in the 19th century faced an uphill battle to convince their fellow physicists that the
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