The Social Synapse
[1:43:48] We humans work together on enormous scales, build complex tools as large as cities, and create social networ…
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Steve Coogan: The C**t Song
[2:52] Deleted musical scene / dream sequence from The Trip (2010) starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, directed by Mi…
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Reflection and the tears flow
[6:06] NBC Dateline producer Dan Slepian volunteered at Sing Sing, helping to create the “Voices From Within&#…
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Bruce Hood: Free Will and Decision Making
[10:10] What is the relationship between free will and decision-making, the capacity of individuals to select among o…
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Daniel Dennett: Information, Evolution, and intelligent Design
[1:01:44] Daniel Dennett explores the first steps towards a unified theory of information, through common threads in …
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Daniel Dennett & Steven Pinker: Unlearning Violence
[1:41;55] As part of the February 2014 conference, “Unlearning Violence: Evidence and Policies for Early Chil…
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The Self: A Necessary Illusion?
[3:47] Would humans be better off without a concept of the self? Many of our most lauded virtues–generosity, com…
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Giulio Tononi: Is Consciousness Entirely Physical?
[8:12] Giulio Tononi tackles the hard problem, this time explaining Integrated Information Theory and various axiom…
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Yuval Noah Harari: The Future of Humanity
[28:20] Dr Yuval Noah Harari explains how revolutions in technology and society will transform our bodies and minds. T…
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Yuval Noah Harari on the myths we need to survive
[1:27:14] Filmed at the Royal Geographical Society on 23rd September 2015. Myths. We tend to think they’re a thing of …
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