What Can Virtual Reality (Actually) Do?
March 17, 2024
VR transports users into all kinds of different realities, some modeled on the real world,…
The Social Lives of Robots
February 18, 2024
Machines might surpass humans in terms of computational intelligence, but when it comes to social…
Are We Living in a Simulation?
September 17, 2023
With rapid advances in Virtual Reality technology and the like, it’s now possible for us…
Conscious Machines
June 5, 2022
Computers have already surpassed us in their ability to perform certain cognitive tasks. Perhaps it…
Can Reason Save Us?
June 13, 2021
To an optimist, things are constantly getting better: disease and extreme poverty are down; life…
The Ethics of Algorithms
April 18, 2021
Recent years have seen the rise of machine learning algorithms surrounding us in our homes…
Faith and Humility
December 20, 2020
Some would argue that faith requires that one blindly—rather than rationally— believe. Faith in one…
The Internet of Things
February 16, 2020
Smart TVs, refrigerators, cars, and entire houses—the internet of things refers to the networking of…
Cognitive Bias
December 15, 2019
Aristotle thought that rationality was the faculty that distinguished humans from other animals. However, psychological…
Risky Business: The Business of Risk
December 25, 2016
There is an element of risk – either to ourselves or to others – in…
Has Science Replaced Philosophy?
September 6, 2015
Modern science has made astounding progress in our understanding of ourselves and the universe. Physics,…
Why Be Moral?
January 18, 2015
Morality tells us how we ought to behave, if we want to do the right…
Gut Feelings and the Art of Decision-Making
December 14, 2014
We may think of ourselves as rational decision-makers, but we often base even high-stakes decisions…
Schizophrenia and the Mind
August 21, 2011
To be human, philosophers have often said, is to be rational. But many people, for…
Making Decisions
July 25, 2010
When we make decisions we think we’re in control, making rational choices. But are we?…
Paradoxes
January 17, 2010
A paradox is a persuasive argument that something, which we judge must be false, is…
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