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[6:14] Peter Baumann explains the pervasiveness and usefulness of bias in human cognition. [Source: Big Think YouT…

[21:31] Infidelity is the ultimate betrayal. But does it have to be? Relationship therapist Esther Perel examines why …

[8:16] Sex is universal but some countries practice some, what we would deem, pretty crazy manifestations of the act. […

[13:50] THE MOST IMPORTANT CHALLENGE EVER?…….The One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge was an offer …

[0:43] A cluster of optical illusions presented by psychologist Richard Wiseman. [Source: Quirkology YouTube lin…

[3:31] We shouldn’t have spent $43 on this bottle of wine. 🙂 [Video and text source: Vox YouTube link]…

[2:31] Philosophers have long thought that memory is the key to maintaining a continuous self–to feeling like t…

[4:23] Beau Lotto’s research into perception has shown that we don’t see the real world—just our version of it. I…

[1:04:48] V.S. Ramachandran and Beau Lotto discuss the nature of perception, the brain, our lived experience of the wo…

[1:07] We all have a sense of morality, and most of us agree on what is good. But in truth, good and evil may have a lot in comm…