224 | Edward Tufte on Design, Data, and Truth
So you have some information — how are you going to share it with and present it to the rest […]
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223 | Tania Lombrozo on What Explanations Are
There are few human impulses more primal than the desire for explanations. We have expectations concerning what happens, and when
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222 | Andrew Strominger on Quantum Gravity and the Real World
Quantum gravity research is inspired by experiment — all of the experimental data that supports quantum mechanics, and supports general
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221 | Adam Bulley on How Mental Time Travel Makes Us Human
One of the most powerful of all human capacities is the ability to imagine ourselves in hypothetical situations at different
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Holiday Message 2022 | Thinking Really Slowly
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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220 | Lara Buchak on Risk and Rationality
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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AMA | December 2022
Welcome to the December 2022 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who
219 | Dani Bassett and Perry Zurn on the Neuroscience and Philosophy of Curiosity
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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218 | Raphael Bousso on Black Holes and the Holographic Universe
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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217 | Margaret Levi on Moral Political Economy
Why do people voluntarily hand over authority to a government? Under what conditions should they do so? These questions are
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