The dynamic between scientists and the public is definitely becoming antagonistic. We are wary, distrustful, even fearful of the other. The only way out of this situation is still the same as it has always been — empathy.
By ICE Fellow Tasneem Zehra Husain
July 30, 2018

Suppose we’re trying to model the deliberation of a jury. What might that look like? I introduce a new model that might give us more traction in understanding the dynamics of group deliberation.
By ICE Fellow Daniel Singer
May 29, 2018

Many neuroscientists and some philosophers consider free will to be an illusion, but the situation is not so simple.
By ICE Director Marcelo Gleiser
May 15, 2018

We’re surrounded by data, and data can certainly lead us to feeling informed, but this is not always the case. When does data become information?
By ICE Fellow Damian R. Sowinski
April 9, 2018

The living Earth is a miracle, and we — both as individuals and a species — are unique as well, because the same ability that gives us enormous power also gives us the capacity for change, through the ability to shape, and care for, the future.
By ICE Fellow Bertrand Guillaume
March 7, 2018

We have an enormous task ahead of us, if we really are going to make scientific education not just informative but transformative. And it must be done in collaboration with the humanities and social sciences, as essential fundamental questions nowadays span all disciplines.
By ICE Director Marcelo Gleiser
February 1, 2018

Very serious scientists have considered the role of consciousness in physics and to what point it determines the reality in which we live.
By ICE Director Marcelo Gleiser
January 11, 2018

In our second public dialogue, Alan Wallace and Sean Carroll defended very different ontologies, incompatible at their very essence: pervasive cosmic consciousness versus pervasive quantum fields.
By ICE Director Marcelo Gleiser
February 16, 2017

When dealing with Big Questions, we will do well to embrace different perspectives in order to make progress.
By ICE Director Marcelo Gleiser
January 12, 2017