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The Problem with the Way Scientists Study Reason
They overly rely on logic and philosophy, and neglect psychology’s more natural ally: biology.
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Nurture Alone Can’t Explain Male Aggression
A young bank teller is shot dead during a robbery. The robber flees in a stolen van and is chased down the motorway by a convoy of police cars. Careening through traffic, the robber runs several cars off the road and clips several more. Eventually, the robber pulls off the motorway and attempts to escape […]
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Why the Flow of Time Is an Illusion
Getting human feeling to match the math is an ultimate goal in physics.
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Most Tech Today Would be Frivolous to Ancient Scientists
The tech that most people depend on must appeal to our fears and vanities and must require continuous and rapid overturn. If it were truly necessary, the market would demand durability.Wikicommons Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Surrounded by advanced achievements in medicine, space exploration, and robotics, people can […]
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When Beauty Gets in the Way of Science
Insisting that new ideas must be beautiful blocks progress in particle physics.
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Viruses Have a Secret, Altruistic Social Life
Reprinted with permission from Quanta Magazine’s Abstractions blog. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Social organisms come in all shapes and sizes, from the obviously gregarious ones like mammals and birds down to the more cryptic socializers like bacteria. Evolutionary biologists often puzzle over altruistic behaviors among them, because […]