18 April 2021
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The agnosticism of the novelist
John Horgan talks with novelist and neuroscientist Erik Hoel, author of the new novel The Revelations, about how to reconcile science and fiction.
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Reframing the DMT experience
Nikita Petrov describes his conflicted relationship with “DMT entities” and how encountering them changed his thoughts on Scientology.
Is humanity making progress?
Nikita Petrov and John Horgan provide a mystical perspective on Steven Pinker’s case for informed optimism.
The Copernican revolution in philosophy
Robert Wright and David Ottlinger discuss Kant’s understanding of the relationship between the mind and the world.
Solving the mystery of dark matter
Robert Wright talks with Nobel Prize-winning physicist Frank Wilczek, author of the new book Fundamentals, about the axion, a hypothesized particle that could explain why much of the universe’s mass seems to be missing.
The far left, the far right, and the far out
Nikita Petrov pitches a premise for a metaphysical system to John Horgan: ideas as living beings that enter this world through humans.
Are schools necessary?
Robert Gressis and Kevin Currie-Knight discuss the success of students who learn outside of a traditional school environment.
Defending the many-worlds hypothesis
Science writer Adam Becker offers a possible explanation of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics.
The Wright Show
How meditation can make us better global citizens
Robert Wright explains how mindfulness could help humanity overcome destructive cognitive biases.
Mind-Body Problems
Rejecting “shut up and calculate”
Philosopher Tim Maudlin explains why he thinks that quantum mechanics is not as resistant to interpretation as some people think.
Sophia
The death of public discourse and the rise of Trump
