His job for the New York Times is to troll the internet for new and noteworthy words. What do these words tell us about the times we live in?
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Edward Larson tells Steve Paulson what makes the Islands unique, and why they inspired Charles Darwin to write “The Origin of Species."
Philosopher Lars Svendsen's Dangerous Idea? We shouldn't fear being lazy.
Daniel Libeskind is the architect whose design was chosen to the master-plan for the new World Trade Center site.
Blanche Barton is the former High Priestess of the Church of Satan. She tells Steve Paulson that Satanists are outsiders who do not worship Satan.
Antonio Damasio says by understanding the details of what the body is doing when we experience an emotion, science will be able to develop better therapies and interventions.
Carolyn Wyman talks about the history of Wonder Bread. It really does seem to be the greatest thing since sliced bread.
Philosopher David Chalmers is famous for outlining the "hard problem of consciousness." He says the materialist framework of science will never be able to explain subjective experience.
You can listen to the EXTENDED interview - and find the transcript - here.
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