Jim Davies

How faith can provide a psychological safety net.

Talking politics in a polarized society can get heated fast. Chatbots could help us keep our cool.

The hidden logic behind what pops into your head.

What a popular theory of perception gets wrong.

A cognitive scientist on the pleasures of generative image programs.

What you can’t imagine clearly, you value less.

If only the 18th-century hoaxer could see his “Mechanical Turk” now.

People of all political stripes can spot misinformation. They just need a nudge.

Delphi uses machine learning to tell us right from wrong—and much in between.

By now everybody’s heard about the terrible treatment that pigs and chickens get in factory farms. For many, the solution seems obvious: eat less meat. But let’s look at that solution in terms of how effective it is.According to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the average American eats about 30 farm animals per […]