Where do superstitions come from?
[5:10] Are you afraid of black cats? Would you open an umbrella indoors? How do you feel about the number 13? Whether or no…
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Big Questions in Free Will
[1:37:05} Do we have free will? After so many centuries of debate by so many great thinkers, can we still make progress in …
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The Royal Institution Lecture: What Makes Me, Me?
[56:55] What makes humans human? And what makes every person an individual? [YouTube channel source, text and viewing…
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Steve Novella: The importance of skepticism toward alternative medicine
[14:46] Dr. Steven Novella is a faculty member of the Yale School of Medicine, a practicing neurologist, and the host of …
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It is, it isn’t, it isssssssssssssss! Nope!
[0:47] No matter how hard you try to perceive otherwise this clever illusion will suck you back in and SNAP, you have to …
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Michael Pollan: How psychedelics work: Fire the conductor, let the orchestra play
[5:23] Michael Pollan explains what goes on during the mental fireworks of a psychedelic experience. – If your e…
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The Science of Near Death Experiences
[8:13] Near Death Experience (NDE)… Scientifically explained. Lots of anecdotes claiming what seems to be ver…
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Dan Gilbert: The Surprising Science of Happiness
[21:19] Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don…
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Split brain: One side a believer in god, the other not!
[2:21] FREE WILL IS COMPLICATED…. Do we have it, yes or no? It’s more of a tricky yes, no blend ‘YNESO…
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Podcast – Sam Harris with Robert Sapolsky: The Biology of Good and Evil
[1:38:27] In this episode of the Waking Up podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Robert Sapolsky about his work with baboons, …
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