TOK Articles

Most recent TOK articles that are good to read and relevant to student's lessons.

• A Big Think article, which considers whether we rely on scientific conclusions even when they cannot be proven.

• An NBC article, discussing the implications of laws in the US designed to ‘balance perspectives’, and how this will impact on the teaching of topics such as the Holocaust.

• An Vox article, which considers how the Nobel Prize has a negative impact on the production of new scientific knowledge.

• An Aeon video, looking at how significant historical footage is ‘locked’ behind paywalls, meaning ordinary knowers are unable to draw on it when they study the past.

• A BBC article, looking at the thinking behind NBA star Kyrie Irving’s decision not to receive the Covid vaccination, and be forced out of basketball this season.

• A Conversation article, which looks at a film about indigenous stories about the night sky, and how they help us to comprehend the universe.

• A Smithsonian article and video, which looks at the way ‘Beethoven’s’ 10th symphony has been completed by AI.

• A Discovery article, which explores the reason why words seem to lose their meaning when we repeat them over and over again.