Sean Carroll: God is not a Good Theory
[53:16] Lecture from the 2nd mini-series (Is “God” Explanatory) from the “Philosophy of Cosmolo…
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Leonard Mlodinow: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behaviour:
[18:43] Leonard Mlodinow engages the audience with a fascinating talk about how our own mind can be fooled by our own min…
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The power of the placebo effect
[4:37] The placebo effect is an unexplained phenomenon wherein drugs, treatments, and therapies that aren’t suppo…
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Sam Harris: The Self is an Illusion
[6:52] Sam Harris describes the properties of consciousness and how mindfulness practices of all stripes can be used t…
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Shocking Facts About Scientology
[4:38] Most of us are familiar with the Church of Scientology thanks to Tom Cruise jumping up and down on Oprah’s couch …
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CRITICAL THINKING – Cognitive Biases: Mental Accounting
[3:36] The psychologist Laurie Santos (Yale University) explains the phenomenon of mental accounting: why we don…
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CRITICAL THINKING – Cognitive Biases: Pricing Biases
[3:40] Laurie Santos (Yale University) examines how people’s economic choices tend to confuse price and value…
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Quirkology: Stare at the dot!
[1:16] A quirky optical illusion from Richard Wiseman which makes a black and white image seem like it is colour. [Sourc…
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“I Think for Myself” – Neil deGrasse Tyson with Stephen Fry
[4:07] Neil deGrasse Tyson and Stephen Fry share some thoughts. [Source: Bdw5000 YouTube link]…
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Quirkology: The Floating cork
[1:19] Richard Wiseman presents another quirky optical illusion. [Source: Quirkology YouTube link]…
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