Pop culture may have fooled us into believing that smartness comes in a fast, sharp and suave package. Here are three ...

Critical thinking is a fundamental cognitive process that enables individuals to objectively analyze, evaluate and interpret information to make informed decisions and solve complex problems. It ...

A few years back, I posted a piece on this page about how difficult it can be to accurately and sufficiently describe what critical thinking (CT) is. Within, I presented a number of attempts made in ...

DeepMind COO Lila Ibrahim discusses building powerful AI with care, ethics and a long-term focus on human impact.

The interaction between humans and artificial intelligence is shaping a new thinking system, a new cognitive scheme, external to the human mind, but capable of enhancing its cognitive abilities. This ...

Is it time to begin the process of thinking about a new constitution for the United States? I raise this question in my new book, “No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United ...

GenAI may be accelerating a developmental transition in how learners conceptualize programming itself.

It's think-or-swim time. AI may be our greatest evolutionary challenge since we came down from the trees. Meeting it requires ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. David Bessis was drawn to mathematics for the same reason that many people are driven away: He didn’t understand how it worked. Unlike ...