Scientists Need a Dose of Humility - W. Jay Wood, Big Questions Online

Philosophers known as “virtue epistemologists” claim that the goods of the intellectual life—knowledge, wisdom, understanding, etc.—are more easily obtained by...

Abe Lincoln: Poster President of Paradox - Gautam Mukunda, Fast Co.

Great leaders can create or save a country or company. Awful ones can shatter them, destroying billions of dollars or millions of lives. And, while this may seem impossible, the best and...

Professors, Remember Humility - James C. Garland, Chronicle Higher Ed.

My academic star began to soar in high school, once I was freed from the rote inanities of multiplication tables, subject-verb agreements, and the other small-minded preoccupations of my...