This blog was co-authored by Gregg Henriques, Ph.D., and John Vervaeke, Ph.D. Since the dawn of human consciousness, people have grappled with the problem of what it is and how it works. In academic ...

Of the 800m people using ChatGPT every week, only a vanishingly small number will have seriously considered whether ChatGPT might have experiences worth caring about. AI welfare — the project of ...

For all of the recent strides we’ve made in the math world—like a supercomputer finally solving the Sum of Three Cubes problem that puzzled mathematicians for 65 years—we’re forever crunching ...

I’m spotting a worrying trend among startup founders who seem to think that running a startup is effectively a get-rich-quick scheme. Apart from that mindset being wrong and naive, I suspect there’s ...

Two disturbing recent events have me asking questions about the safety of university campuses, the mental well-being of graduate students, and the secureness of chemistry lab storerooms. On Aug. 28, ...

(WSVN) - From a woman wanting her leg removed, to a man trying to block Miami-Dade County from killing a dog based on false information: Help me Howard with Patrick Fraser had some requests for help ...

It is impossible to imagine a master chef who doesn’t know how to cook, a cabinet maker who doesn’t know anything about carpentry, or a pianist who can’t read music. All three sound like ...

What does it take to solve hard problems: There are 3 things essential to problem solving. The right paradigm Pattern recognition Insight The right paradigm: This is the most important part about ...

McKinsey & Company, Teach for America ask the most difficult interview questions June 22, 2011 — -- Finding a new job is tough enough in this economy, but some employers are famous for putting ...