Big thoughts in small packages. This Nuggie Bucket is filled with philosophical treats that will make your brain do gymnastics without the headache of reading ancient tomes.
6 nuggies
Estimated completion: 230 minutes
Nuggies in this bucket
Extended Mind Thesis
4 bites
Is your phone literally part of your mind? Explore the philosophy behind how your cognition might extend beyond your skull into the tools around you.
The Simulation Argument
4 bites
Are we living inside a giant cosmic computer? Explore philosopher Nick Bostrom's Simulation Argument, the mind-bending idea that our reality might just be a sophisticated simulation.
Münchhausen Trilemma
3 bites
Can you ever truly prove anything? Explore the Münchhausen Trilemma, the tricky philosophical puzzle at the heart of knowledge itself.
The Akrasia Effect
4 bites
Why do we binge Netflix instead of finishing that project? Meet akrasia—the ancient idea of doing exactly what you know you’ll regret—and learn practical tricks to finally follow through.
Boltzmann Brain
4 bites
Could you be a random brain that spontaneously popped into existence, complete with false memories of a life that never happened? Dive into cosmology's most unsettling thought experiment.
The Problem of Evil
4 bites
If a good and powerful God exists, why does evil happen? Explore one of philosophy's toughest questions and discover how thinkers have wrestled with it for centuries.