So, at first glance, it seems like our understanding of physics forbids free will. We don't really have a choice, because if ...

Have you ever felt like you’re spending your life trying to live up to others’ expectations? Well, you might want to give the funeral theory a read. The “funeral theory” has been trending across ...

Marika Taylor currently receives funding from EPSRC, STFC, UK government deparments and the European Horizon programme. In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the ...

How Gear Determinism Became the Defining Cultural Marker in Skiing The basal nature of how we pine for gear may be nothing new, but the way in which we are marketed to certainly is, creating a brave ...

When the same AI system that flawlessly analyzed financial documents yesterday fabricates contract clauses today, we face more than a technical glitch. We confront the fundamental barrier preventing ...

In December 1945, five U.S. Navy TBM Avenger torpedo bombers lifted off from Fort Lauderdale for a routine training mission. Known as Flight 19, the squadron was expected back in two hours. Instead, ...

In Emily Adrian’s “Seduction Theory,” two married creative writing professors have parallel affairs, with very different outcomes. By Hannah Pittard Hannah Pittard is the author, most recently, of the ...

The burnt toast theory is a metaphor for life that helps people interpret minor inconveniences as having positive ripple effects or a “silver lining.” It’s related to the butterfly effect. While not a ...

1 Federal University of Administrative Sciences, Berlin, Germany 2 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States This essay argues that the ...