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Announcing a Black Hole Essay Competition from Harvard
The $10,000 First Prize will include the opportunity to publish the winning article in Nautilus, a leading online and print magazine that blends science, culture, and philosophy. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . The Black Hole Initiative (BHI) at Harvard University announces the first-ever Black Hole Essay Competition, inviting […]
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Many of Our Beliefs Are Unconscious: A Response to Nick Chater
After a few years of driving, you are able to hold conversations while navigating a busy city. How is this possible without unconscious thought?Photograph by wavebreakmedia / Shutterstock Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Nick Chater has put forward a bold claim in his recent book, The Mind Is […]
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How Artificial Intelligence Can Supercharge the Search for New Particles
Reprinted with permission from Quanta Magazine‘s Abstractions blog. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) smashes a billion pairs of protons together each second. Occasionally the machine may rattle reality enough to have a few of those collisions generate something that’s never been seen before. But because […]
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This Man Says the Mind Has No Depths
Nick Chater argues our brain is a storyteller, not a reporter from an inner world.
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There Is No Such Thing as Unconscious Thought
A behavioral scientist unravels one of our most cherished conceptions.
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Bo Burnham and the Illusion of Meritocracy
In a WTF with Marc Maron podcast episode from 2012, musical comedian Bo Burnham said his fortune felt unreal, as if his life were a futuristic VR game. “I could die, take off a helmet, and, look: It’s the Bo Burnham 2000. There’s a whole line of people crying waiting in line,” he told Maron. […]