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Second Thoughts: Did Thomas Kuhn Help Elect Donald Trump?
Scholars debate filmmaker Errol Morris’s attack on Kuhn’s influential philosophy of science
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Second Thoughts on Whether Self-Knowledge Is Overrated
Intellectuals defend the value of being intellectuals.
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Did Thomas Kuhn Help Elect Donald Trump?
Filmmaker Errol Morris claims Kuhn’s critique of science paved the way for a post-truth presidency
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Is a Popular Theory of Cosmic Creation Pseudoscience?
Physicists battle over whether the theory of inflation is untestable, and hence not really scientific
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Is Self-Knowledge Overrated?
Scientists and philosophers doubt the ancient claim that vigorous examination of yourself and others makes you a better person
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Why String Theory Is Still Not Even Wrong
Physicist, mathematician and blogger Peter Woit whacks strings, multiverses, simulated universes and “fake physics”
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What's Your Utopia?
Imagining an ideal world can help us make this world better
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David Chalmers Thinks the Hard Problem Is Really Hard
Consciousness will still mystify us even if we scientifically solve it, philosopher predicts
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Will Neuroweapons, Micro-Drones and Other Killer Apps Really Make Us Safer?
Americans should have a more vigorous debate over Pentagon’s relentless pursuit of “disruptive” innovations
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