We are afraid to ask questions to the power brokers of our time, which makes us more likely to accept easy answers.

Marble statues of the Greek philosophers Socrates, right, and Plato sit in front of the Athens Academy. Socrates tried and failed to teach Alcibiades, a controversial political and military leader in ...

This article was produced with support from UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center and the John Templeton Foundation as part of the GGSC's initiative on Expanding Awareness of the Science of ...