Kevin Dickinson

Kevin Dickinson

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Kevin Dickinson is a staff writer and columnist at Big Think. His writing focuses on the intersection between education, psychology, business, and science. He holds a master’s in English and writing, and his articles have appeared in Agenda, RealClearScience, and the Washington Post. Follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter @KevinRDickinson.

President Trump has called for Silicon Valley to develop digital precogs, but such systems raise efficacy concerns.
Cognitive psychologist Donald Hoffman hypothesizes we evolved to experience a collective delusion — not objective reality.
Cancer's sweet tooth. Turning cancer cells into fat. Unveiling genetic secrets. Scientists are learning about cancer every day.
Autism is a widely misunderstood condition surrounded by falsehoods, half-truths, and cultural assumptions.
At 18 percent of the population, Hispanics account for 67.2 percent of U.S. net homeownership gains.
The term socialism makes political discourse difficult. Should we do away with it altogether?
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The Evergreen National Education Prize offers monetary and promotional support to organizations helping low-income youths access education.
Brain plasticity. Mindful superpowers. Pokémon invading our grey matter. Scientists have only begun to learn about the human brain.
A universal basic income is just one of Andrew Yang's ideas to update capitalism for the 21st century.
From religious wars to French poison conspiracies to the counterculture, we look at the origins of Satanism.
Andrew Yang argues that the Alaska Permanent Fund shows the path to implementing a nationwide universal basic income.
The Flynn effect shows people have gotten smarter, but some research claims those IQ gains are regressing. Can both be right?
New research suggests that a healthy supply of locally-sourced beer helped maintain the unity of the widespread Wari civilization for about 500 years.
New experiments look to the interplay between neutrons and magnetic fields to observe our universal reflection.
New Zealand's recent budget policy puts the health and well-being of its citizens over economic growth.
Despite the moniker, bedbugs evolved long before mattresses and even survived the K-T extinction.
A 2019 ranking of all 50 states' education systems shows the Sunshine State serves its college students well.
Despite being free to users, Facebook seems to have a monopoly on our speech, our data, and our lives.