Why Humans Are Natural Liars
[4:12] Humans lie as often as 2 or 3 times in a ten minute conversation. Why did we evolve to lie and what might it tell us abo…
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Daniel Dennett: What is Free Will?
[6:00] Free will is a problem. If it seems obvious that you are perfectly free to choose and decide, then it seems perfect…
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How analogies shape our thoughts
[2:22] Forget logic. Playful word tricks may be intimately tied to how our brains make sense of the world. [Source: Excl…
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ShaoLan: The Chinese zodiac, explained
[6:04] THE EAST V WEST!!!… YIN & BANG!…. [With plenty of dramatic drum roll]…. We have two diff…
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The Ecstasy of Curiosity
[3:13] “To entertain such ontologies is to re-contextualize one’s self as a marvelous conduit in a timeless whole…
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Social Media and Ambient Intimacy
[2:23] “Each little update – each individual bit of social information – is insignificant on its own, e…
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How Primal Trauma Resurfaces Throughout Our Lives
[2:36] “The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that I am lonely and likely to stay lonely.” …
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The Magic of Consciousness
[7:32] Is consciousness real? Could it be just an illusion manufactured in the theatre of our minds? And what use is it …
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CRITICAL THINKING – Cognitive Biases: Alief
[3:59] In this video, the psychologist Laurie Santos (Yale University) explains the philosopher Tamar Gendler (Yale …
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Arguments Against Personal Identity
[9:43] How can Daenerys Targaryen help us understand personal identity? Find out as Hank continues our exploration of …
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