Homo economicus is one of the most basic theories taught in Econ 101. It's the term assigned to the group of assumptions that economists employ when making predictions — that humans are utility ...

Conspiracy Theories Are All Underpinned by the Same Basic Archetype: The 'Overcoming the Monster' Story Published Dec 24, 2019 at 4:00 AM EST Updated Dec 25, 2019 at 1:01 PM EST By Philip Seargeant ...

Conspiracy theories tend to originate within so-called “ epistemic bubbles ”. These are social structures in which opposing voices are, more or less deliberately, excluded. This typically ...

2. Existence precedes essence. Theories of an essence that precedes existence assume that there is a true self to discover. But what if that isn’t true, and we have no intrinsic essence?

In string theory, matter’s basic particles are tiny vibrating snippets of energy, called “strings” because they extend in one dimension.

Such conspiracy theories have three basic ingredients: a) there must be some sort of secrecy (they don’t tell us), b) there is an omnipotent (the government), and c) there is something ...

There are two basic theories for how Donald J. Trump might be defeated in a Republican primary. It’s possible that neither, both or some combination of the two can actually work in practice. But ...

While these basic social cues and others such as pointing gestures and head nods are critical to the foundation of a theory of mind, equally important is the ability to recognize basic emotional ...

Theory No. 1: It’s about demographics. Abortion is relatively unpopular in states where today’s Republicans successfully banned abortion, like Texas or Georgia.