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How to Improve Political Forecasts
With a better understanding of probability, we won’t be misled.
Wikipedia and the Wisdom of Polarized Crowds
A lesson in how to break out of filter bubbles.
The Physics Still Hiding in the Higgs Boson
No new particles have been found at the Large Hadron Collider since the Higgs boson in 2012, but physicists say there’s much we can still learn from the Higgs itself.
The Well-Meaning Bad Ideas Spoiling a Generation
Psychologist Jonathan Haidt on politics, morality, and the coddling of the American mind.
How Imagination Will Save Our Cities
Scientists might need to take a cue from artists to adapt our cities for climate change.
Here’s How We’ll Know an AI Is Conscious
An AI’s answer to this question can reveal its inner life—or lack thereof.
Smarter Parts Make Collective Systems Too Stubborn
As researchers delve deeper into the behavior of decentralized collective systems, they’re beginning to question some of their initial assumptions.
Smaller Is Better: Why Finite Number Systems Pack More Punch
Recent progress on the “sum product” problem recalls a celebrated mathematical result that revealed the power of miniature number systems.
