The thought experiment known as Newcomb’s paradox pits participants against a supercomputer with near-perfect predictive ...

The sense that a dead person is still with us is both eerie and common: can we find a naturalistic explanation for it?

Imagine two friends, Elena and Leo, are heading to a party. Leo asks Elena whether Sophie is already there. Elena answers: ‘Yes, she is at the party,’ because Sophie had told her earlier that she’d be ...

How much the sexes differ psychologically depends on how fair and wealthy a country is. But not in the way you’d think Surprisingly, researchers have sometimes found the opposite to be true: that ...

The US writer George Saunders, a winner of the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Award, is celebrated for both his masterful prose and his empathetic storytelling. In this short video, he ...

Rediscovering an André Breton essay about the value of embracing randomness, I realised this has been my life philosophy ...

The great historian came of age at the end of British rule in India. Now 94, she continues to defy a regime determined to ...

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The early Chinese philosophers knew that a healthy mind comes from a harmonious community, not a matter for individuals alone Mental illness is often thought to be a matter of individual disorder.

Women have been witty and bawdy throughout history. It’s only recently that men haven’t been able to see their funny side Maybe you’ve heard that women are not funny. It’s a stereotype that has often ...

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When you get involved in a heated disagreement, perhaps in favour of your political party or against a campaign you oppose, you probably feel a strong desire to show the other person that you are ...