The scientific community, we hold, often provides society with knowledge—that the HIV viras causes AIDS, that anthropogenic climate change is underway, that the MMR vaccine is safe. Some deny that we ...

Skepticism is about questioning rather than automatically believing what you are presented such as that post on social media or on some random website. However, unlike cynicism, it doesn't necessarily ...

Part 2 of the TED Radio Hour episode Navigating uncertainty. During uncertain times, many of us are drawn to cynicism, seeing humanity as inherently selfish, greedy and untrustworthy. In his latest ...

I must admit, I hadn't quite thought of the Greek philosophers in this light. And there’s something almost serendipitous in realizing that our modern technological crossroads have ancient footprints.