Robert Wright and Josh Summers discuss the importance of overcoming cognitive distortions that are part of human nature.

Robert Wright and Josh Summers discuss how mindfulness can help humankind overcome potentially disastrous cognitive biases.

David Ottlinger and journalist Cathy Young discuss the controversial anti-woke crusader’s support for Donald Trump.

Robert Wright and journalist Oliver Burkeman ask whether a commitment to determinism would require us to rethink our approach to criminal justice.

Robert Wright and John Horgan discuss whether quantum computing can help us understand how quantum mechanics actually works.

Robert Wright and anthropologist Agustín Fuentes debate whether studying porn viewing habits helps us understand the evolution of human sexuality.

John Horgan and physicist Sabine Hossenfelder debate whether a belief in free will requires us to deny some of the fundamental laws of physics.

Robert Wright and Oliver Burkeman, author of the new book Four Thousand Weeks, discuss some workable time management techniques.

Robert Wright and Josh Summers discuss the stigmatization of people who try to understand the behavior of adversaries.

Robert Wright and anthropologist Agustín Fuentes, author of a controversial article on The Descent of Man, try to unpack Darwin’s attitudes on race and genocide.

John Horgan and science writer Philip Ball discuss the roles of consciousness and calculation in quantum mechanics.