Philosophy

Joseph Stiglitz on the Great Divide

Inequality is an increasing problem in the Western world, leaving everyone – the rich as well as the poor – worse off. The dream of a socially mobile society is…

October 9, 2017
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Debate: The internet is a failed utopia

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Andrew Keen and Frank Pasquale vs Beth Simone Noveck and Peter Barron. Chaired by Jeremy Paxman. Picking up where we left off in the first session, we move from the…

October 9, 2017
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Why religious belief isn't a delusion – in psychological terms, at least

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If someone told you, in all seriousness, that they talk to invisible beings who control the universe, you’d probably back away slowly, nodding and smiling, while desperately looking for the…

September 21, 2017
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Science & Spirituality

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Neoliberalism: the idea that swallowed the world

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The word has become a rhetorical weapon, but it properly names the reigning ideology of our era – one that venerates the logic of the market and strips away the…

August 18, 2017
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The Most Important Question Underlying Artificial General Intelligence Research – Is Math Real?

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Will artificial intelligence replace humanity? The answer rests on one fundamental question – do numbers, and the math we use to do things with them, really represent reality?

August 15, 2017
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The Neuroscience of Creativity, Perception, and Confirmation Bias

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Everything we do right now is grounded on the uncertainty of assumptions.

July 5, 2017
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