Guest Thinkers — September 20, 2009

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Hue J Downs

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

According to the Catholics, God is a homosexual pedophile.

According to Muslims, God is a terrorist.

According to the Jews, God charges interest.

According to the Aethists, God denies his existence.

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

Starts With A Bang

Why “incompleteness” matters in theoretical physics

Physicists just can’t leave an incomplete theory alone; they try to repair it. When nature is kind, it can lead to a major breakthrough.

An abstract composite image depicting where life began with mountainous terrain, chemical structures, and a monochrome inset of a cloudy sky.

Starts With A Bang

What was it like when life first sprang forth on Earth?

Although early Earth was a molten hellscape, once it cooled, life arose almost immediately. That original chain of life remains unbroken.

Charles bridge in prague, czech republic.

Neuropsych

An untold story of LSD psychotherapy in communist Czechoslovakia

Uncovering the story of Milan Hausner, the Sadská clinic, and LSD psychotherapy behind the Iron Curtain.

An old photograph of a man sitting under an apple tree.

Business

How Isaac Newton and the “salience network” can unleash your creativity

Neuroscience supports the notion that an escape from conventional perspectives can be a gateway to spectacular insights.

A giant, colorful ring of glowing lines suspended in space

Starts With A Bang

Giant ring? Giant arc? These “structures” may not even be real

Astronomers claim to have found structures so large, they shouldn’t exist. With such biased, incomplete observations, perhaps they don’t.

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