The Illusion of Truth
[8:24] If you repeat something enough times, it comes to feel good and true. [Source: Veritasium YouTube link]…
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Edward Bernays: Propaganda – How to Control What People Do
[8:30] This is an animated book summary video of Propaganda written by Edward Bernays. He was Sigmund Freud’s ne…
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Neil deGrasse Tyson on the afterlife
[6:58] Neil deGrasse Tyson sharing his agnostic views with Larry KIng. [Video source: moeman1984 YouTube link]…
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The Indelible Stamp of our Lowly Origins
[8:27] “We must acknowledge, that man with all his noble qualities, with sympathy which feels for the most debas…
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What does science tell us about false confessions?
[2:57] Why would an innocent person accused of a crime confess? Saul Kassin, a psychology professor at the John Jay Coll…
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The Psychology of Belief – Bias and the Brain
[3:11] In this clip, Dr. Lack addresses the biases that so often inform religious (and non-religious) worldviews. [Vi…
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The Psychology of Con Artists, and How to Avoid Them
[7:40] Psychologist and writer Maria Konnikova on how to out-smart a con artist. Konnikova’s latest book is …
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Five monkeys – Human indoctrination
[1:25] An interesting look into how we humans can be indoctrinated with ideas and just flow with them not knowing any bet…
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How a mathematician dissects a coincidence
[6:13] Can you unknot a twist of fate with logic? Vox’s Phil Edwards asked mathematician Joseph Mazur about his b…
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