The Stuff of Thought

Chapter 2: Down the Rabbit Hole

Isaac Asimov once wrote, “The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ (I found it!) but ‘That's funny....’”

Chapter 7: The Seven Words You Can't Say on Television

Chapter 8: Games People Play

Choosing not to know: the paradox of rational ignorance

Is the avoidance of plain speaking a bug in our mind design, or might it have a deeper rationale—a rationale that would predict that any social communicator would engage in indirect speech?