All Videos — April 7, 2011

How the Cloud Protects You From Hackers

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

People are rightly hesitant to put all their private data in the hands of big corporations, but Gelernter argues that this is in fact the safest place for it.

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

A black and white image of a bunch of spheres, symbolizing the multiverse concept discussed by scientists.

Starts With A Bang

How logic and reasoning can fail as scientific tools

In logic, ‘reductio ad absurdum’ shows how flawed arguments fall apart. Our absurd Universe, however, often defies our intuitive reasoning.

A group of cult members dressed in white participating in an outdoor gathering or ceremony under a partly cloudy sky.

Thinking

Are religions simply cults that have gone mainstream?

Or are cults the religions we find distasteful?

An AI-generated illustration of a man sitting at a desk, accompanied by thought-provoking poetry.

Thinking

Can AI write authentic poetry?

Cognitive psychologist and poet Keith Holyoak explores whether artificial intelligence could ever achieve poetic authenticity.

Business

Workplace “aporia”: How to handle unresolvable arguments

Ways to move forward when you’re wrong and I’m right.

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.

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