The Man Determining Humanity’s Future
Oxford’s Dr. Anders Sandberg is using his whiteboard to calculate the world’s existential risks.
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All posts tagged: science
When It’s Good to be Bad
Engaging in behavior antithetical to a given goal can increase the chances of eventually achieving it.
Does Dressing Up Make You Smarter?
What happens to the mind when the body looks its best?
The Morality of Language
Does speaking in a second language make you a more moral person?
The Depressing Downside of Creative Genius
The neurology behind why creatives are so often depressed — and why they tend to make awful lovers
Is Social Rejection the Key to Creativity?
On the psychology of why rejection and loneliness may be necessary evils for the creative genius
Can Creativity Be Learned?
Prevailing theories on creativity focus on methodology, or amount of practice. But artistic talent may be more hard-wired than previously thought.
