Death itself is a natural occurrence, it is unavoidable, and the Stoics thought that part of philosophical practice is to get comfortable with the unavoidable, learning to face it with courage. — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
“[T]he nature of science is not that of a steady, linear progression toward the Truth, but rather a tortuous road, often characterized by dead ends and U-turns, and yet ultimately inching toward a better, if tentative, understanding of the natural… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
Death itself is a natural occurrence, it is unavoidable, and the Stoics thought that part of philosophical practice is to get comfortable with the… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
If a theory purports to explain everything, then it is likely not explaining much at all. — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
“The many-worlds theory basically maintains that the reason quantum mechanics seems so strange is because we have access to only one of an infinite… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
“as astronomer Carl Sagan once aptly put it, you do not want to keep your mind so open that your brain is likely to… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
Given the power and influence that science increasingly has in our daily lives, it is important that we as citizens of an open and… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
I believe Stoicism can help anyone who takes it seriously and begins to practice it. It will help them flourish because it will provide… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
“Following the Post Modernist route, we may indeed never arrive at meaning, but not because meaning is not there... only because we are lost… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
I can't speak for others, but I find the fundamental idea that a life worth living is one during which one strives every day… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
The Stoic discipline of action, which is connected to the virtue of justice, says that we ought to treat others fairly and we should… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
“Or maybe, another explanation goes, we are in fact surrounded by ETs and simply don't know it, perhaps because they decided to make the… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
“Science progresses. Ideology tends to linger unchanged, and often unquestioned.” — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
I don't see any Stoic practice as problematic or risky, but I would advise to engage in extreme versions of the negative visualization exercise… — Massimo Pigliucci Copy Share Image
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