What Makes You So Smart, MIT Professor?
Noah Davis talks to Scott Aaronson—named by SuperScholar as one of the 30 smartest people alive—about the unpopularity of nerds, the value of skipping grades, and why Shakespeare isn't the worst.
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The Strange Effects of Free Stuff
How the allure of free tricks your mind into accepting irrational options.
The 30 Top Thinkers Under 30: The Rhodes and Fulbright Scholar Preparing to Launch a New Government Agency
We canvassed the world of the social and behavioral sciences, looking for rising stars whose careers promise to make a lasting mark. We'll be profiling the top 30 throughout the month of April.
Why You Rarely Notice Major Movie Bloopers
The visual field accounts for the recent past in order to prevent us from feeling like we've gone mad.
Why You Should Be Scared of Someone Stealing Your Genome
Genome theft is already a possibility, and that problem looks like it's only going to grow.
Is Censoring eCommerce as Bad as Censoring Speech?
A busy, Ghanaian internet cafe. MIT’s Ethan Zuckerman notes the work of sociologist Jenna Burrell, who spent several…