A 48-year-old Italian man was angry and chose to go on a walk. However, where the walking led him is likely further than you imagined. The man, who has not been named, got into an argument with his wife amidst the COVID-19-restricted timeframe we live in and couldn’t stand to be in the home with

Author: Stephen Johnson / Source: Big Think A recent study examined the role that incivility plays in how people perceive online political arguments. The results showed that incivility led to more negative perceptions of political arguments — even when the argument was logical. The researchers

Author: Mike Colagrossi / Source: Big Think The simulation argument was first put forth in a paper published in 2003 by philosopher Nick Bostrom. Bostrom assigns less than a 50 percent probability that we’re living in a simulated universe. Some physicists believe that we can test this

Life influences art and Walt Disney’s racism was no exception – just look up the since-banned Disney film “Song of The South.” But despite their creator, the company has steadily tried to become more progressive, especially with their newer more diverse and feminist Disney Princesses – but not

Author: Christian Jarrett / Source: Big Think In what feels like an increasingly polarised world, trying to convince the “other side” to see things differently often feels futile. Psychology has done a great job outlining some of the reasons why, including showing that, regardless of political