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21 07 14.David Healy article

How modern medicine became dangerous

Neoliberalism isn’t what you think it is

David Healy
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Billionaires in space

Not so rich up there

Tony Milligan
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Atoms

Solid objects and empty atoms

Why everyday reality is not illusory but emergent

Alexander Franklin
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21 06 07.The gene illusion

The gene illusion

Biological relativity and the Emperor's New Genes

Denis Noble
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21 05 25.Science is based in metaphor

Science is based in metaphor

Metaphor allows us to interpret and intervene in the world.

Andrew S. Reynolds
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Tipping points and the Earth's system

Why linear thinking is not enough to unlock global change

Tim Lenton
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A Universe of Causes

We assume that effect follows cause. Is this true?

George Ellis
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On Humans and Animals

Mary Midgley and Peter Singer discuss humanity and animal rights.

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Hawking vs. Philosophy

Hawking said philosophy is dead. Was he right?

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The Eureka Moment

Scientific advance is a roll call of eureka moments.

Atoms

Solid objects and empty atoms

Why everyday reality is not illusory but emergent

Alexander Franklin
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Angela Potochnik - Idealization and the Aims of Science

Simple solutions, dangerous realities

Truth and understanding in science

Angela Potochnik
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The Universe & RealityArrow Head

Atoms

Solid objects and empty atoms

Why everyday reality is not illusory but emergent

Alexander Franklin
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The seduction of the multiverse

Why the multiverse is fantasy

John Horgan
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The many worlds fantasy

The incoherence of science's strangest theory

Philip Ball
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The universe is learning

Does treating the universe as a neural network solve the problem of quantum gravity?

Vitaly Vanchurin
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The crisis of quantum gravity

Is radical action needed?

Karen Crowther
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Life & The LivingArrow Head

21 07 14.David Healy article

How modern medicine became dangerous

Neoliberalism isn’t what you think it is

David Healy
Article

The gene illusion

Biological relativity and the Emperor's New Genes

Denis Noble
Article

Science is based in metaphor

Metaphor allows us to interpret and intervene in the world.

Andrew S. Reynolds
Article

The crisis of quantum gravity

Is radical action needed?

Karen Crowther
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The rise of God-like beings

Overcoming the limits of being human

Mark Alan Walker
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Technology & SocietyArrow Head

21 07 13.Billionaires 2

Billionaires in space

Not so rich up there

Tony Milligan
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Tipping points and the Earth's system

Why linear thinking is not enough to unlock global change

Tim Lenton
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Artificial intelligence and gullible humans

The Turing Test and the real significance of AI

Simone Natale
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The price of distraction

The dangers of doom scrolling and attention as a skill

Wayne Wu
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Virtual reality and the divided self

Can virtual reality help us live in an increasing digital world?

Michael R. Heim
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