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[4:07] Neil deGrasse Tyson and Stephen Fry share some thoughts. [Source: Bdw5000 YouTube link]…

[2:40] Philosopher A.C. Grayling explains why “Teaching the Controversy” isn’t a good approach …

[54:17] James “The Amazing” Randi is the perfect mix of Science and Magic, a true conjurer of visual machi…

[29:43] In order to improve everyday thinking, we need to understand the difficulties we’re operating under an…

[14:31] For a significant amount of human history we used to believe that the sun revolved around Earth and the Earth was …

[5:50] Psychologist Paul Bloom believes we are not one inner self but many. How does this affect our concepts of identit…

[7:16] Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking and many other extremely well-known scientists have opinions on the idea of G…

[9:17] We apply our thinking to significant topics that affect the lives and livelihoods of vulnerable groups. We disc…

[6:00] In this video, Sinan Dogramaci (The University of Texas at Austin) explains the puzzle of grue. He discusses how …

[9:25] Excerpt from a speech at TAM 6 in Las Vegas. [Source: Freidenker Zentralschweiz YouTube link]…