How do you know what’s real? Start with your senses — if you can see, touch, hear or taste something, it’s real — right? Not necessarily, according to cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman and neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
Religion and Philosophy
Wherever you live — city or country, East coast, West coast, or in between — we share common, contemplative experiences on our walks outside.
Clocks and calendars chop time into increments. It’s efficient, and it helps us get to meetings on time. But what does time feel like when you stop counting it?
In a dark world, poet Ross Gay recommends "stacking delights." Share what you love, he says — not what you hate.
What’s the most uncomfortable you’ve ever been on a trip? Anu Taranath is a social justice facilitator and teacher, used to having difficult conversations about race, identity and privilege. She says those are issues that come up all the time when Americans travel abroad.
Theologian Serene Jones says that hope isn't just spiritual — it's a force that moves people through the day-to-day grind to do bigger things.
Hope can seem saccharine. Bland. Trite. But talking about hope with Andre Willis, a philosopher of religion, might make you realize you're not thinking big enough when you think about what hope means.
Where does creativity come from? And what exactly is going on in your brain when the Muse descends?
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