Penn Jillette’s Bullshit Detector
[2:49] According to atheist magician Penn Jillette, the most important thing is to feel about things you should feel ab…
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Jesse Prinz: The Moral Self
[49:48] Jesse Prinz argues, based partly on empirical findings, that values are central to personal identity. He disc…
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Dan Ariely: The Truth About Dishonesty
[28:46] Dan Ariely, bestselling author and professor of psychology and behavioural economics at Duke University vis…
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Why is sexual promiscuity seen as so immoral?
[11:00] SEX! There is still a catch. Many societies across the globe judge negatively when a female is promiscuous, h…
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The Skeptics Guide to Persuasion: Reciprocate and Be Respectful
[2:46] Killing prejudice with kindness is probably the best way to go, says former climate skeptic Michael Shermer. If …
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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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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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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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The Trolley Problem – What would you do?
[4:21] A short introduction to the Trolley Problem. [Source: Philosophy Walk YouTube link]…
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Michael Shermer: Science and Justice – Free Will and Moral Responsibility in a Secular Society
[52:09] If the universe is determined by the laws of nature, and people are a part of this determined universe, then we ca…
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