Opia: The Ambiguous Intensity of Eye Contact
[2:36] opia – n. the ambiguous intensity of looking someone in the eye, which can feel simultaneously invasive a…
MORELawrence Krauss: Why Schools Should Teach Skepticism Above Obedience
[5:37] “You can can get more information in your cell phone now than you can in any school, but you can also get more misi…
MOREWhy do we feel nostalgia?
[4:08] Nostalgia was once considered an illness confined to specific groups of people. Today, people all over the worl…
MOREWhy Humanity Destroyed Itself
[5:23] The real reason we may destroy ourselves isn’t really to do with politics or economics or even warfare. It has t…
MOREOptimistic Nihilism
[6:09] The philosophy of Kurzgesagt. [Video and text source: Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell YouTube channel]…
MOREBarbara Oakley: Brain Bias: Why You Shouldn’t Emulate Geniuses and Their Rigid Thinking Processes
[6:34] How do you get out of a mental feedback loop? The smartest people—call them geniuses or what you will—tend to …
MOREDan Ariely: Beware conflicts of interest
[5:35] In this short talk, psychologist Dan Ariely tells two personal stories that explore scientific conflict of int…
MOREEliezer Yudkowsky: Heuristics and Biases
[42:47] [Video and text source: Skepticon YouTube channel]…
MOREDexter 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…
MORESonder: 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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