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Does string theory—the controversial “theory of everything” from physics—tell us anything about consciousness and the human brain? If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our ...

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Named after a pair of psychologists who described it in a classic 1999 paper, the Dunning-Kruger effect describes a common dynamic most of us have observed in everyday life. People who know the least ...

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String theory—the idea that particles are not point-like, but instead one-dimensional strings—is a popular theoretical framework that attempts to combine general relativity and quantum field theory ...

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