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The “Doctor Strange” director says mystery shifts your worldview — “not in a metaphorical sense, but in a deeply experiential one.”

If you feel like you’re missing out on something bigger, you might be feeling saṃvega.

“Lookism” is prevalent and harmful. So why do so few take it seriously?

In “Not Born Yesterday,” author and cognitive scientist Hugo Mercier makes the case that misinformation is overrated — and other human foibles are underrated.

“The only requisite for nonfiction is that it’s true,” says Nathan Thrall, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama.”

Delirium is one of the most perplexing deathbed phenomena, exposing the gap between our cultural ideals of dying words and the reality of a disoriented mind.

Some news is slow, some news is fast — and there are two simple techniques to help you filter both.

Gladiators fought in rounds, and there were referees to enforce rules. Only rarely were gladiators killed.

Big Think Business columnist Eric Markowitz prefaces his new series on long-term thinking with the experience that almost cut his life short.

The psychologist, educator, and former NBA player discusses the professional volumes and childhood stories that shaped his life and his approach to it.

Would you be upset if I called you an eggplant?

What can drugs teach us about consciousness?

The Reitoff principle gives us permission to “write off” a day and intentionally step away from achieving anything.

If you want to write and speak well, use common words, not grandiose ones. Unless you’re Shakespeare, you’re more likely to annoy people.

The answer may lie in the power to see far, far beyond yourself.

Caitlin Rivers wants to tell the story of epidemiology and the public health heroes who keep the world safe and healthy.

In “Dinner with King Tut,” Sam Kean examines how a burgeoning field is recreating ancient tasks to uncover historical truths.

Instead of fear, his delusions bring him cheer. His psychiatrist embraces them.

On the morning of April 20, 1961, all conditions were “go” for an attempt at free flight. A man was on standby with a fire extinguisher. Just in case.

Intentions tend to get mangled by overreach in every complex organization — so dial up the charisma and the clarity.

A crowdsourced “final exam” for AI promises to test LLMs like never before. Here’s how the idea, and its implementation, dooms us to fail.

A blood test to diagnose mental illness is a “holy grail” of psychiatry.

Conversational AI agents will have a major advantage over human salespeople.

A new bill introduced into the US Senate claims to make us safer. Instead, it would destroy all virology research, and for no real cause.

Chetan Dube — founder and CEO of Quant — tells Big Think why a pivotal and monumental year for agentic AI has just begun.

How choosing Stoic acceptance — not dour resignation — galvanized great leaders from Thomas Edison to Phil Jackson and Tony Hawk.

Kathryn Harkup, chemist and author of V Is for Venom, joins Big Think to discuss why Christie isn’t just a brilliant writer but a unique science communicator.

Eric Olson — CEO and co-founder of Consensus — takes his cues from the university of legendary coaches.

“When you feel the isolation setting in at times, you have to reframe your mindset.”