Yes, Make Psychedelics Legally Available, but Don't Forget the Risks
Psychedelics have psychological and spiritual benefits, as a new best seller claims, but they’re far from a panacea
Cross-Check
Critical views of science in the news
Why Does Jim Holt Exist?
A connoisseur of science, math and philosophy takes on the really big questions
How Physics Lost Its Way
Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder claims desire for beauty and other subjective biases have led physicists astray
Shouldn't Americans Care That Their Country Is Killing as Well as Imprisoning Kids?
Americans objecting to U.S. detainment of children at borders should also protest killing of kids overseas
Bloomsday Tribute to James Joyce, Greatest Mind-Scientist Ever
Ulysses doesn’t solve the hard problem, but it conveys with unsurpassed vividness what it feels like to be human.
Do Our Questions Create the World?
Quantum theorist John Wheeler’s “it from bit” hypothesis anticipated ongoing speculation that consciousness is fundamental to reality
How Google Could Help End War
By renouncing military contracts, Google could catalyze a much-needed discussion about how the U.S. and other nations can move beyond militarism
Responses to "Was Wittgenstein a Mystic?"
The philosopher’s great work Tractatus is perhaps “a blank canvas” on which we project what we want to see.
Was Wittgenstein a Mystic?
The philosopher's greatest work, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, only makes sense in the light of mysticism
Freeman Dyson's Solution to the Problem of Evil
Dyson’s principle of maximum diversity says that without hardship and suffering, life would be too dull
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