Physics is simple; people are complicated. But even people are ultimately physical systems, made of particles and forces that follow […]
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We are all alive, but “life” is something we struggle to understand. How do we distinguish a “living organism” from
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Wilfrid Sellars described the task of philosophy as explaining how things, in the broadest sense of term, hang together, in
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Welcome to the second annual Mindscape Holiday Message! No substantive content or deep ideas, just me talking a bit about
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In the United States, more than one in five deaths is caused by cancer. The medical community has put enormous
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It’s too easy to take laws of nature for granted. Sure, gravity is pulling us toward Earth today; but how
76 | Ned Hall on Possible Worlds and the Laws of Nature Read More
We’ve talked a lot recently about the Many Worlds of quantum mechanics. That’s one kind of multiverse that physicists often
75 | Max Tegmark on Reality, Simulation, and the Multiverse Read More
An infinite number of things happen; we bring structure and meaning to the world by making art and telling stories
74 | Stephen Greenblatt on Stories, History, and Cultural Poetics Read More
Changing technologies have always affected how we produce and enjoy art, and music might be the most obvious example. Radio
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Maxwell’s Demon is a famous thought experiment in which a mischievous imp uses knowledge of the velocities of gas molecules
72 | César Hidalgo on Information in Societies, Economies, and the Universe Read More