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[1:20:21] Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by Green College. Paul Bloom is the Broo…
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[30:44] Susan Blackmore is a psychologist and writer researching consciousness, memes, and anomalous experiences, …
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[3:59] WARNING: GRAPHIC LANGUAGE. Elevator scene from the film Revolver (2005) Jake and his ego have a fight. One of t…
MORESteven Pinker and Rebecca Newberger Goldstein: The long reach of reason
[15:23] Here’s a TED first: an animated Socratic dialog! In a time when irrationality seems to rule both politic…
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[34:09] Dan Gilbert presents research and data from his exploration of happiness — sharing some surprising tes…
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[14:40] With a sea of information coming at us from all directions, how do we sift out the misinformation and bogus claim…
MOREHealth Claims: Cluster bluster
[7:01] We’ve seen that what we perceive and remember is literally shaped by our experiences and expectations. T…
MOREA Guide to Happiness – Epicurus on Happiness
[23:59] Ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus (341-270 BC) advocated “friends, freedom and thought” as t…
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