On Coincidence
On meaningful coincidences and why unscientific beliefs can actually be entirely rational Advertisements
On meaningful coincidences and why unscientific beliefs can actually be entirely rational Advertisements
On the link between insanity and creativity and how the art of turn-of-the-century mentally ill asylum patients became the basis of contemporary art, from Duchamp to Twombly to Cattelan.
How can you go about finding out ‘who you really are’ if the whole idea is a cultural fabrication?
On how our brains and bodies find pleasure in poetry.
On what is lost when we spend our lives trying to avoid feeling alone.
An interview with James Harris—author of Hume: An Intellectual Biography—on misconceptions, skepticism, and Humean lessons.
Engaging in behavior antithetical to a given goal can increase the chances of eventually achieving it.