# science
What does it mean to be real? An awkward introductions to scientific mass solipsism.
# science
Quantum communication is a powerful tool, but it's not impossible to hack or very practical yet, especially for military purposes.
# politics
Blasphemy is an important tool in a secular society, but it's not a good way for angry religious zealots to engage in a low brow tit-for-tat.
# tech
That's right, Weird Things passed a million views. Next, world conquest. Right?
# science
That's right Baroness Greenfield, not needing a miracle in the lab is the same thing as a holy war against the unbelievers.
# education
Humanities scholars are still on a campaign to discourage the rise in STEM and vocational majors.
# science
When it's getting harder and harder to make truly profound, world-changing discoveries, we have to double down on skepticism to make sure we don't lead ourselves astray.
# sex
Surprisingly, one of the topics Singularitarians don't bring up about the utopian virtual worlds to which we'll upload our minds is just how much sex there would be.
# tech
In the future, we might be putting far fewer people in jail and far more under constant surveillance. But will virtual prisons work?
# politics
Sometimes ideas advocated as dangerous and subversive are just poorly thought out notions in search of better marketing.
# politics
The Discovery Institute needs a scapegoat for everything wrong with the world today. And surprise, surprise, it's always Darwin's fault.
# science
Can we really crunch enough numbers to predict future trends, products, and people's behaviors?
# tech
Science fiction writers who really research AI can come away with some great insights.
# tech
Jaron Lanier went from VR pioneer to Luddite afraid of transhumanists' supposed agenda of mass dehumanization.
# space
Scientists issue a correction to the age of the Earth. What does this mean? Pretty much nothing...
