How did Cognition and Emotion Evolve?
Contribute what you can to help Closer To Truth continue exploring the world's deepest questions. What can evolution reveal about the developmental history of thinking and feeling? How did cognition...
6 Aug 202527min
Mark Bailey on AI: Consciousness, Dangers, and Morality
Make a contribution of any amount to help Closer To Truth continue exploring life's deepest questions. Dr. Mark Bailey writes about the intersection between artificial intelligence, complexity, and ...
30 Jul 202542min
What is Human Nature?
What is “human” nature? While human beings are animals, we believe we are special, radically different from other animals. Why? What traits are unique to humans? Are we sure? How to explore human natu...
23 Jul 202527min
Julia Mossbridge on AI: Is There a Soul in the Machine?
Donate any amount to help Closer To Truth continue exploring the world's deepest questions without the need for paywalls. How do we define a soul? Can AI become consciousness? Julia Mossbridge discu...
16 Jul 202547min
How do Reductionism and Emergence Dance?
Contribute what you can to help us continue exploring the world's deepest questions without the need for paywalls. Two big ideas in biology: the evolution of species via mutation, fitness and natura...
9 Jul 202527min
James Hughes on AI Consciousness: Buddhism & Posthuman Futures
James Hughes Ph.D. is the Executive Director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, and a bioethicist and sociologist who serves as the Associate Provost for Institutional Research, As...
2 Jul 202546min
What are Units or Levels of Selection?
Make a donation to Closer To Truth to help us continue exploring the world's deepest questions without the need for paywalls. While evolution is how life on earth came to be, where does the evolutio...
25 Jun 202527min
Zoltan Istvan on AI: Transhumanism and Deepfakes
Make a donation to Closer To Truth to help us continue exploring the world's deepest questions without the need for paywalls. How will AI-generated deepfakes reshape truth, trust, and society? Can A...
18 Jun 202552min
