Articles
Selected Works:
- A New Spin On The “Stoned Ape Hypothesis” (Big Think)
- Actually, Neuroscience Suggests “The Self” Is Real (Big Think)
- The Case For Why Our Universe May Be A Giant Neural Network (Big Think)
- The Mind Is More Than A Machine (Noema)
- Life Need Not Ever End (Noema)
- Is the Universe Pro-Life? (Quartz)
- Apeirophobia: The Fear Of Eternity (The Atlantic)
- The Myth Of Sentient Machines (Psychology Today)
- How The Fear Of Death Makes People More Right-Wing (Aeon)
- How Anxiety Warps Your Perception (BBC Future)
- If You Want To Save Democracy, Learn To Think Like A Scientist (Quartz)
- How Fear Is Being Used To Manipulate Cryptocurrency Markets (Psychology Today)
- The Mindful Child (The New York Times)
- Religious Fundamentalism: A Side Effect Of Lazy Brains? (The Daily Beast)
- Morals, Not Memories, Define Who We Are (Scientific American)
- The Most Promising Route To ‘Mental Superpowers’ (BBC Future)
- To Make A.I. More Humanlike, We Must Teach Them To Be Mind Readers (Quartz)
- Neuroscience’s New Consciousness Theory Is Spiritual (The Huffington Post)
- Fear And Anxiety Drive Conservatives’ Political Attitudes (Psychology Today)
- Research Suggests Anxiety Over Terrorism Helped Trump Win (Psychology Today)
- The Psychology Behind Donald Trump’s Unwavering Support (Psychology Today)
- Computer Lets Fully Paralyzed Patients Speak For The First Time (The Daily Beast)
- Why Donald Trump Could Benefit From LSD Therapy (Psychology Today)
- Study Finds AI Systems Exhibit Human-like Prejudices (Raw Story)
- Attacking ISIS: Fighting A Mental Virus (The Huffington Post)
- Why Do Some People Respond To Trump? It’s Biology 101 (The Daily Beast)
- Trump Has A Mental Disorder That Makes Him a Dangerous World Leader (Raw Story)
- ISIS Uses Amphetamine To Create Brainwashed, Psychotic, Killing-Machines (Raw Story)
- Neuroscience Explains Why ISIS Attracts Psychopaths (Raw Story)
- How Young Brains Get Radicalized (The Daily Beast)
- The Neuroscience Behind Why White Cops Kill Black Men (Raw Story)
- Study: Religious Kids Are Jerks (The Daily Beast)
- Star Wars Tractor Beams Are Real (The Daily Beast)
- Designing Robots to Avoid the Uncanny Valley (Slate)
- ‘Internet Justice’ Actually Does Good, Potentially Saves Lives (The Huffington Post)
- We’re Getting Close To A Real-Life Smart Drug (The Daily Beast)
- Study: Gamblers Risk More When Slot Machines Seem Humanlike (Slate)
- Will Smart Drugs Soon Sweep The Nation? (The Huffington Post)
- ‘Cosmic Evolution’ Theory Says Life Is Inevitable Across The Universe (Science Is Sexy)
- Spreading Pseudoscience: 5 Reasons Why Some Liberals Are As Bad As Conservatives (The Huffington Post)
- 9 Neat Facts About The World’s First Computer Programmer, Ada Lovelace (The Huffington Post)