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We Are More Than Our Brains: On Neuroscience and Being Human

Neuroscience gives us invaluable, wondrous knowledge about the brain — including an awareness of its limitations

Can Meditation Really Make the World a Better Place?

It’s hailed as the panacea for everything from cancer to war. Does research into its efficacy meet scientific standards?

Why a Human-Centred Universe Is Not a Humane One

Claims that the Universe is designed for humans raise far more troubling questions than they can possibly answer

Our Inner Narrator Gives Us Continuity and a Sense of Self

From a very early age, children learn to talk to themselves. That voice in your head is the thing that makes you, you

Can Emotion-Regulating Tech Translate Across Cultures?

Artificial intelligence promises ever more control over the highs and lows of our emotions. Uneasy? Perhaps you should be

Dignity Is Delicate

Human dignity is a concept with remarkably shallow historical roots. Is that why it is so presently endangered?

The Roots of Writing Lie in Hopes and Dreams, Not in Accounting

Was writing invented for accounting and administration or did it evolve from religious movements, sorcery and dreams?

When Homer Envisioned Achilles, Did He See a Black Man?

The Greeks didn’t have modern ideas of race. Did they see themselves as white, black — or as something else altogether?

The Abolitionist Benjamin Lay Was a Hero Ahead of His Time

Radical Quaker Benjamin Lay was a pioneer of abolitionism, who lived what he preached. So why was he erased from history?

Sim Ethics

Say you could make a thousand digital replicas of yourself — should you? What happens when…

These were the top 10 stories published by Aeon Magazine in September of 2018. You can also dive into daily archives for September of 2018 by using the calendar at the top of this page.

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