The Physics of Time Travel: Wormholes, Paradoxes, and Black Holes
Time travel is one of humanity’s favorite bad ideas. We have spent decades imagining phone booths, modified DeLoreans, glowing portals,…
Category: Philosophy
Human Extinction Series: The Next World War
For most people living in stable countries, the idea of a world war still feels distant. Something from history books.…
Human Extinction Series: The Age of Waste
Human extinction usually comes with great marketing. Asteroids.Nuclear war.AI rebellions with glowing red eyes. Big, cinematic endings that make us…
Reading and Listening: Are We Losing These Skills?
“People don’t read anymore.”“People don’t listen anymore.” These complaints feel distinctly modern, as if attention itself collapsed somewhere between smartphones…
Uncertainty as a Truth: The Heisenberg Principle Through the Lens of Philosophy
In 1927, Werner Heisenberg published what would become one of the most profound and disruptive ideas in the history of…
The Chicken and Egg Question—and the Illusion of Time and Perception
It starts with a deceptively simple question:Which came first — the chicken or the egg? At face value, it feels…
World Happiness Report 2025: An Overview
The World Happiness Report 2025 offers a sweeping look at the latest global trends in wellbeing, anchored around one central…
Why is happiness so elusive?
Before you continue reading, I want to be honest with you: there is no answer in this article. This isn’t…
Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?
Why do bad things happen to good people? A while ago, my 14-years old daughter asked me this question. The…
What is the Meaning of ‘Time’?
“See you tomorrow!” is probably a phrase you have at least heard once in your life and perhaps makes you…