Great Question
28 episodes
Big Thinkers join us to ruminate on a great question that they may — or may not — have pondered before.
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![Series of six images displaying the diffraction patterns of light as it passes through various shaped apertures.](https://bigthink.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/B1-Web-Cox.jpg)
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![A man sitting on a bench in the dark.](https://bigthink.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/B1-Web-Waldinger.jpg)
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![A group of sheep in a barn with a green arrow in front of them.](https://bigthink.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/A1-Web-Singer.jpg)
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![A man in a suit is pointing his finger at a yellow background, referencing string theory.](https://bigthink.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/B1-Web-Kaku.jpg)
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![The cover of a dying profession.](https://bigthink.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/A1-Web-Pope.jpg)
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![a birthday cake with the number 100 on it.](https://bigthink.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/A1-Web-Levine.jpg)
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![dao leadership](https://bigthink.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Web-Cohn.jpg)
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![truth bias](https://bigthink.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/A-Web-Jha-1.jpg)
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![Experiencing flow state](https://bigthink.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/A-Web-Kotler.jpg)
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