Our observable universe started out in a highly non-generic state, one of very low entropy, and disorderliness has been growing […]
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It’s easy to be cynical about humanity’s present state and future prospects. But we have made it this far, and
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Most people in the modern world — and the vast majority of Mindscape listeners, I would imagine — agree that
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When we talk about the mind, we are constantly talking about consciousness and cognition. Antonio Damasio wants us to talk
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Aging — everybody does it, very few people actually do something about it. Coleen Murphy is an exception. In her
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To paraphrase Ian Malcolm in Jurassic Park, scientists tend to focus on whether they can do something, not whether they
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Our understanding of heredity and genetics is improving at blinding speed. It was only in the year 2000 that scientists
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