We’re very excited to partner with the Paradox Science Institute (https://www.paradoxscience.org/) on a new essay competition.⁠
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Any guesses on the theme?⁠
Closest answer gets a shoutout when we reveal! ⁠
Full details on June 10th. Get ready.⁠
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#EssayCompetition #BigQuestions #ParadoxScienceInstitute

If Alistair Smythe and Heinz Doofenshmirtz teamed up, would the thing they created be called a Slayer-inator or a Inator-Slayer?

Sometimes it's important to focus on the big questions. The big picture. The things that really matter and define life in this big, beautiful world.

Questions such as...

Why TF is the Tooheys jingle stuck in my head?

When I was younger I always liked falling back on the clock because it meant I could stay up later watching TV or fucking around on the Internet.

Now I look forward to the extra hour of sleep and maybe being awake early enough to go for a run and a shower before going to a networking breakfast.

Is this being a geezer or being smarter?

#BigQuestions
#DST

How do people decide between bar hopping and pub crawling?
#RandomThoughts #BigQuestions
#DeepThoughtsByJackHandy

If theology helps us understand the meaning of life, does science offer a rival explanation, or can they work together? #HumanCondition #BigQuestions

Would we feel different about death if we always tried to remember it at the moment of birth? If, welcoming a new being into the world, we were always to say, “Here is a creature that will die some day. Here we are, at the beginning of a journey that will eventually, rightfully come to an end”?

If you are in a group of friends who all sleep with each other, have a private Discord group, decided on a name, and discussed a logo and logistics of everyone getting a tattoo of it... does that mean we are officially a polycule?

The Biggest Questions: What is death? - Just as birth certificates note the time we enter the world, death certificates mark the... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/11/17/1082937/what-is-death/ #biotechnologyandhealth #bigquestions #app

The Biggest Questions: Why is the universe so complex and beautiful? - Why isn’t the universe boring? It could be. The number of subatomic particles in the uni... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/11/16/1083141/why-is-the-universe-so-complex-and-beautiful/ #bigquestions #space #app

The Biggest Questions: Is it possible to really understand someone else’s mind? - Technically speaking, neuroscientists have been able to read your mind for decades. It’s... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/11/15/1083250/is-it-possible-to-really-understand-someone-elses-mind/ #biotechnologyandhealth #bigquestions #app

The Biggest Questions: How did life begin? - How life begins is one of the biggest and hardest questions in science. All we know is t... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/11/14/1082828/how-did-life-begin/ #biotechnologyandhealth #bigquestions #app

The Biggest Questions: Are we alone in the universe? - In 1977, the New York Times published an article titled “Seeking an End to Cosmic Loneli... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/11/13/1082873/the-biggest-questions-are-we-alone-in-the-universe/ #bigquestions #space #app

How long ago is "a long time ago"?

#DeepThoughts
#BigQuestions

Every year we're told about words that appear in the dictionary for the first time. But what about the drop-outs who skulk out the back door, never to return? Who tells their story?
#BigQuestions

Does the type of wood affect how much bad luck is earthed when we touch it? Is hardwood better than softwood? What about plywood and particle boards, or wood-based paper? Does bad luck go to ground more efficiently if the wood is still part of a rooted tree?
#BigQuestions

Do you think any actor has ever played two characters with a greater height difference than Mark Rylance as flop and the BFG? #BigQuestions

Is it a coincidence that the word sober is an anagram of bores?

We think not!

Is the opposite of an Uncle a Cle?