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Scotty Hendricks
Contributing Writer
Scotty Hendricks is a graduate student and long-time contributor to Big Think. He resides in Chicago.
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Wait, what date is it really? How we gauge our sense of time hasn't always been so consistent.
The newest viral video is from... 1947?
A pastor has come out in support of President Donald Trump's authority to use force with North Korea.
We're more lonely than ever and this is horrible. Equally horrible? We can't bare to spend time alone.
Will primetime philosophy work on German TV?
The Job Guarantee is a policy proposal that would have the state function as an employer of last resort.
Take a moment to stop rushing, and rebel against the cult of being too busy.
You might think philosophy is a boy's club. We are here to correct that misconception.
Does a good deed "pay off" a bad deed? A lot of people view their actions this way, says Scotty Hendricks.
How do great ideas happen at the workplace? Often when good workers are left alone.
All those donated clothes are interrupting production of local textiles.
Stoicism and Buddhism are two of the oldest, and well known, schools of thought in the world. Would Marcus Aurelius, a famous Roman stoic, be a Buddhist today?
Anti-vaxers have some questions about vaccine safety, here we give the answers.
At some point in life, you've probably asked yourself how in-control of your own actions you are. Could you have stopped yourself from eating that extra morsel? In other words, do you have free will?
Sure, the old Greek guys from 2,400 years ago get all the glory. But these living philosophers have a ton to say about life, the universe, and everything as it relates to right now.
Why is Machiavelli's The Prince still relevant today?
What made the Golden Age of Greece, and Western Civilization, possible? One author says "free trade".
Genetic changes in Egypt might have been caused by trade routes.
The Cassini-Huygens telescope has spent the better part of the last two decades finding out more about our galaxy than we could possibly dream of. Here's 14 of the coolest things it has found out.
Is misinformation causing outbreaks of diseases long thought curable? A recent study found that just a simple "heads up" about fake news can help save thousands of lives.