Guest Thinkers — August 16, 2010

YouTube Clip of GOP Debate on Science Issues

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Posted from La Guardia airport in transit to a talk at Cornell University. Will have more comments this weekend.

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The importance of caring about the truth

You don’t need to be a scientist or a philosopher for facts, reality, and the truth to matter. The alternative is simply known as bullshit.

Starts With A Bang

Science’s best answer to “where did the Universe come from?”

Perhaps no existential question looms larger than that of our ultimate cosmic origins. At long last, science has provided the answers.

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High Culture

The cinematograph, the “noematograph,” and the future of AI art

Hugo-winning author Ken Liu explores what early cinema and Chinese poetry can teach us about AI’s potential as a new artistic medium.

Starts With A Bang

10 reality-bending facts about the scientific Multiverse

The Multiverse isn’t just a staple of science fiction; there’s real-life science behind it, too. Here are 10 facts to expand your mind.

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A dozen reasons to read Peter Leyden at this critical juncture in history

The latest from Peter Leyden’s “The Great Progression: 2025 to 2050”, an essay series published by Freethink.

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