Massimo Pigliucci is an author, blogger and podcaster, as well as the K D Irani Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York. His academic work is in evolutionary biology, philosophy of science, the nature of pseudoscience, and practical philosophy. His books include How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life (2017) and Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk (2nd ed, 2018). His most recent work is Think Like a Stoic: Ancient Wisdom for Today’s World (2021).

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