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The myth of dead matter leads to modern disenchantment
Matter is not "mere matter", it is more magical than you think
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Our brains use morality to save energy
Moral obligations help brains bring order to a chaotic world
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Gödel and Lewis Carroll revealed that reality is inexplicable
Imagination: The usefulness of incompleteness
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Dreams show us consciousness is fundamental
The structure of dreams reveals reality's observer problem
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Consciousness breaks from the physical world by keeping the past alive
The consciousness of time distinguishes mind from matter
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Hobbes vs Rousseau: are we inherently evil?
The answer depends on what you think of politics.
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New studies suggest consciousness exists in organisms without brains
Minds and intelligence exist throughout nature
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Metaphysics & Language
Reality is a creation of consciousness
Consciousness is the boundary between the self and the world
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"Following the science" is a dangerous illusion
Truth is personal, but we’ve evolved to pretend it’s not
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Mind & Reason
China’s radical philosophy of action, free will, and the self
Free will is a Western problem, Chinese philosophy dissolves it
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Ethics & Religion
Iris Murdoch and why the West’s spiritual crisis won’t be solved by religion
Transcendence without theism
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Humanity is no less superstitious now than in the past
The Big Bang theory, broken mirrors, and other superstitions
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A life fully lived paradoxically reduces the fear of death
Meaning in life leads to less anxiety around dying
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There is no good and evil, only better and worse
What Peter Singer gets wrong about morality
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