Scotty Hendricks

Who needs a hole in the head? As it turns out, lots of people in ancient hospitals did. Why was one society so good at keeping people alive after it opened up their skulls?

How much money does it take to be happy? How much is too much? These philosophers have a lot to say about money and how it relates to the good life.

We often support ideas without knowing quite why. John Stuart Mill reminds us why capitalism can be great for us and why we should be wary of state power.

Was Oscar Wilde—witty author, gay rights icon, and lover of champagne and material beauty—a radical socialist?

Artificial intelligence will soon be powerful enough to operate autonomously, how should we tell it to act? What kind of ethics should we teach it?

Logical fallacies will be everywhere this election season. Here’s how to find the bad arguments and beat them.

The United Kingdom has announced their intention to spend millions on a new AI system that promises to save thousands of lives a year, but at what opportunity cost?

Authoritarian regimes have had a long history of targeting intellectuals who don’t agree with them. What kind of people get deported? We have a list of ten people whose work got them shipped out of Russia.

Artificial intelligence and automation stand poised to put millions out of work and make inequality even more pronounced. Is it possible to solve one problem with another?

Why do we work for five days and then take two days off? The answer might surprise you.

Want to learn about philosophy but don’t know where to begin? We can help.

The Matthew effect or Price’s law shows us how inequality can be a fact of nature. What does this mean for our debate on inequality in our society?

You’ve heard of the big Greek philosophers. Now, read about the ones who inspired them.

VR technology shows no signs of slowing down. We need to start asking the question of how we deal with those of us who become addicted to the wonders VR offers.

The number of non-religious Americans has reached unprecedented heights. Are the most religious Americans to blame?

We all want to help our children learn and a new study shows that encouraging curiosity might be the best way to do it.

Socrates never wrote anything down because he found writing to be inferior to dialogue as a method of inquiry. That’s kind of a problem if we’re to evaluate his ideas.

Atheism has been called many things over the years. Is it a cult, and what is a cult anyway?

You might think conspiracies that say everything that happens is caused by a group of the powerful are a modern phenomenon. Karl Popper says they are two thousand years old.

Sometimes conspiracy theories turn out to be true, like the one about how the CIA tried to use LSD to find a mind-control drug.

Kakistocracy is rule by the worst, but who are the worst? A better question, how do we know?

Does everybody really need to work? What three philosophers have to say about our dedication to finding everybody a job.

Want to improve your business? Hire a philosopher.

Is April the cruelest month? What did T.S. Eliot mean by that?

Does your kid ask “Why” all the time? Do you want to help them search for answers to the big questions but don’t know how? Here are a few ways to encourage your little philosopher.

Sibling rivalries can lead to some impressive moments in history, how did these seven sets of siblings do?

One of the tangible benefits of religion is the community it can foster. What happens when those social connections start to decay?

We often bicker and argue over what our national heroes believed in. Why did Dr. King believe in moving towards socialism?

The history of April Fools’ Day is long and glorious. We’ve got seven of the best pranks of all time for you here.

What is the American Dream? The ever-changing definition of it might surprise you nearly as much as what it used to mean.