Atheism is rather popular in the modern world. During most of history, however, it has not been. People always liked to believe in something, some kind of deity. Yet, many philosophers throughout history actually challenged the idea of God.
These philosophers believed that understanding the world didn’t require faith in any kind of higher power. Some saw religion as unnecessary,...
When I first heard about dark matter and antimatter, I thought they were just fancy terms scientists made up to sound smart. But the more I dug into it, the more I realized these mysterious substances could hold the key to understanding our universe.
So, an obvious question arises: since these seem to be two opposing forces, what would happen...
Words are our everyday tools, but some of them are really weird. Namely, when it comes to the longest words in the world, you might wonder how they were ever invented in the first place.
Long words are a really interesting part of (any) language, often serving specific purposes that help us explore the limits of expression. Some long...
Recently, there’s been a lot of talk about the apparent decline in global IQ, especially in developed countries, with recent studies supporting this trend.
Furthermore, it seems many would agree there’s a pervasive sense that, as a civilization, we’re speeding towards an "Idiocracy"—a reference to the classic film portraying a future so intellectually deprived that people have literally forgotten their...
Creating a list of the top 5 living intellectuals is no easy task. It’s not that finding remarkable individuals is difficult, but because it’s hard to select only five people. Additionally, how should we even rank these brilliant minds to come up with a final list?
We could use IQ as a measure, but we’ve already done that in several...
Synchronicity is a strange and very interesting thing. Some people say it is pure chance, while others believe there’s something deeper going on.
It’s when things happen that seem way too connected to be a coincidence—like when you think about an old friend, and they call you minutes later, or when a random book lands in your lap with the exact...
