Here is the core endeavor of spiritual practice: transcending finite mind. The finite mind of “I-Me-Me-My” is inherently dualistic — it operates by creating distinctions between subject and object, ...

Descriptive set theorists study the niche mathematics of infinity. Now, they’ve shown that their problems can be rewritten in the concrete language of algorithms. All of modern mathematics is built on ...

NOVA: How do mathematicians define infinity? Netz: Something which is equal to some of its parts. That's really the technical definition. NOVA: Is there a difference between the mathematical concept ...

Sinek showed how finite games of playing to win should give way to infinite games of creating customer value, but made a key ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in ...