Humans and animals can both think logically − but testing what kind of logic they’re using is tricky

How researchers measure the logical reasoning of monkeys, pigeons, rats, fish and wasps shapes how they understand mental processes in animals − and in people.

Olga Lazareva, Professor of Psychology, Drake University • conversation
July 1, 2025 ~8 min

Researchers have invented a new system of logic that could boost critical thinking and AI

The rigid structures of language we once clung to with certainty are cracking.

Alexander V. Gheorghiu, Research Fellow in Logic or Applied Logic, UCL • conversation
Nov. 14, 2024 ~8 min


Philosophy is crucial in the age of AI

Philosophy has been instrumental to AI since its inception.

Brian Ball, Associate Professor of Philosophy AI and Information Ethics, Northeastern University London • conversation
Aug. 1, 2024 ~8 min

How logic alone may prove that time doesn’t exist

In 1908, the English philosopher J. M. E. McTaggart published an important paper on the logic of time.

Matyáš Moravec, Gifford Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy, University of St Andrews • conversation
April 15, 2024 ~7 min

How AI and a popular card game can help engineers predict catastrophic failure – by finding the absence of a pattern

What mathematicians call ‘disordered collections’ can help engineers explore real-world worst-case scenarios. The simple card game Set illustrates how to predict internet and electrical grid failures.

John Edward McCarthy, Professor of Mathematics, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis • conversation
March 26, 2024 ~7 min

Researchers create first logical quantum processor

Key step toward reliable, game-changing quantum computing.

Anne J. Manning • harvard
Dec. 8, 2023 ~6 min

Debunking the Dunning-Kruger effect – the least skilled people know how much they don't know, but everyone thinks they are better than average

The idea that the least skilled are the most unaware of their incompetency is pervasive in science and pop culture. But a new analysis of the data shows that the Dunning-Kruger effect may not be true.

Eric C. Gaze, Senior Lecturer of Mathematics, Bowdoin College • conversation
May 8, 2023 ~8 min

How preschoolers process possibilities

Researchers uncover pattern in developmental psychology of 3-year-olds: a struggle to weigh competing options.

Christy DeSmith • harvard
Feb. 6, 2023 ~6 min


Don't blame cats for destroying wildlife – shaky logic is leading to moral panic

Framing cats as responsible for declines in biodiversity is based on faulty scientific logic and fails to account for the real culprit – human activity.

Francisco J. Santiago-Ávila, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Wisconsin-Madison • conversation
July 30, 2020 ~7 min

Even little kids can rank who seems real or pretend

Even young children have a nuanced way of evaluating who's real or pretend. The study asked them about figures like Santa, Elsa, and The Wiggles.

U. Queensland • futurity
June 23, 2020 ~4 min

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