It is a question that haunts the contemporary Western youth: “What is the meaning of my life?” You find it in self-help books, in academic speeches, in the anxious silences of those who seemingly have everything to be happy. This search for “meaning” appears noble, but in truth, it is a luxury — a symptom of a comfort never before seen in human history. Our parents and grandparents did not have that privilege. Their daily lives were about survival, work, and the reconstructio

The mechanical phenomena of creep and stress relaxation in viscoelastic materials offer interesting analogies to how humans adapt psychologically and physiologically to stress and constraints in their environment. Creep and Adaptation to Prolonged Stress Creep corresponds to a progressive deformation under constant stress. Psychologically, this can be likened to how a person experiences ongoing stress, gradually showing changes in behavior or health. For example, a person exp

The paradox of ubiquity can be expressed as follows: in the modern world, a researcher or scientific figure can instantly spread ideas or hypotheses across all media platforms, becoming (virtually) omnipresent. But this media ubiquity in no way guarantees rigor, reliability, or validity. In other words: being everywhere does not mean being right. This paradox takes on particular force when a scientist frees themselves from the traditional codes of academic publishing to favor

We often imagine that our personality is the result of our own choices. That is an illusion. In truth, it was built without us — long before we had any awareness of ourselves. We are born somewhere, within a culture, a religion, a language, a skin color, a social class, a family. We inherit their wounds, their hopes, their limits. We are formed, molded, conditioned. We are, for the most part, the product of geographical and biological chance . What we call “the self” , or mor

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Conspiracy theories are resilient cultural phenomena. They circulate through societies with the speed of gossip and the stubbornness of...

The year was 2028. For months, social networks had been buzzing with strange rumors. Perfectly realistic videos showed speeches by world...

Purpose:  reduce the risk that AI systems exploit the information ecosystem (social media, deepfakes, polarization) to delegitimize...

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From Latin America to the Arab world, passing through Africa and Asia, anti-Western sentiment is on the rise, often expressed vehemently...

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Justice, understood as a societal ideal, lies at the heart of political struggles, landmark trials, and normative philosophies. Two...