BIG Questions – Page 5

More Is Different: Nature’s Unruly Complexity
By the Editor on July 10, 2013
According to reductionism, every system, no matter how complex, can be understood in terms of the behavior of its...
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Economic Cosmology and the Evolutionary Challenge
By the Editor on July 10, 2013
Our paper discusses three very old “cosmologies” in Western thought, how these play out in economic theory, and how...
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Signs of a Stranger, Deeper Side to Nature’s Building Blocks
By the Editor on July 8, 2013
According to modern quantum theory, energy fields permeate the universe, and flurries of energy in these fields, called “particles”...
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From the Mouths of Babes and Birds
By the Editor on July 2, 2013
Babies learn to speak months after they begin to understand language. As they are learning to talk, they babble,...
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Crowdfunding Science
By the Editor on July 2, 2013
Science is getting in on the crowdfunding trend in a big way. Over the past few years, organizations like...
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Portrait of the Artist as a Caveman
By the Editor on July 2, 2013
In a letter to the botanist Asa Gray written in 1860, a year after the publication of On the...
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The Man Who Knew Moses But Not His Own Son
By the Editor on July 1, 2013
“Nissim”, a 64 year old man, knows that the word for the eldest son in a family is the...
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Infections, Institutions, & Life History: Searching For The Origins Of Individualism & Collectivism
By the Editor on July 1, 2013
The life of Ferdinand Tonnies, German sociologist and political activist, is a testament to the dramatic social changes which...
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Cosmic Awe
By the Editor on June 27, 2013
As many of you know, I’m fortunate enough to live in a city that values science and scientific knowledge...
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Want to Learn How to Think? Read Fiction
By the Editor on June 25, 2013
Are you uncomfortable with ambiguity? It’s a common condition, but a highly problematic one. The compulsion to quell that...
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