13.7 billion years of evolution in 85 seconds.
Like all of us, economist Tyler Cowen loves a good story. But in this intriguing talk from TEDxMidAtlantic, he asks us to step away from thinking of our lives—and our messy, complicated irrational world—in terms of a simple narrative.
A keynote talk by Ursula Goodenough at the 2006 “Beyond Intelligent Design” symposium with responses by George Ellis, Dennis Cheek, Melchor Sánchez de Toca Alameda, and Robert Pollack, moderated by William Grassie.
Julian Barbour and Tim Maudlin argue their opposite positions at the Foundational Questions Institute’s setting Time Aright conference.
A map of the human epoch.
Jason Silva deconstructs inspiration.