Dexter Dias: Why HUMANS HURT Each Other
[6:59] We want to believe that there are some things we would never do. But how can we be sure? Human rights barrister and r…
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Sonder: The Realization That Everyone Has A Story
[2:38] sonder – n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own. [Vi…
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Koinophobia: The Fear that You’ve Lived an Ordinary Life
[2:55] While you’re in it, life seems epic. Fiery, tenuous, and unpredictable. But once you have some distance f…
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Hinze Hogendoorn: Time and the brain – The illusion of now
[16:07] How does the brain generate a coherent stream of visual awareness, when different visual features are process…
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Dean Buonomano: “Your Brain is a Time Machine”
[1:02:16] In YOUR BRAIN IS A TIME MACHINE, UCLA neuroscientist Dean Buonomano investigates the relationship between …
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Dean Buonomano: Time Paradox – Why Pleasure Is Fleeting and Pain Endures
[4:03] Why does time move so quickly when we’re having fun but drag when we’re bored? [Video and text sourc…
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Dean Buonomano: Your Brain Tells You Time Is Real — But Is It Lying to You?
[4:43] If you’re here to indulge in some mind-bending talk about time travel, neuroscientist Dean Buonomano is …
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Peter Tse: How Brain Scientists Think About Consciousness
[13:01] Is consciousness a scientific problem to be solved? Or a philosophical problem that will remain a mystery? Wha…
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Robert Wright & David Chalmers conversation: What is consciousness for?
[1:07:11] 00:00 Why consciousness is so weird 09:40 Is consciousness like your brain’s shadow? 17:21 If David was a z…
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Thomas Metzinger: The transparent avatar in your brain
[16:26] Thomas Metzinger is a German philosopher. As of 2000 he holds the position of director of the theoretical philo…
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