George Carlin on God, the planet, and “the freak show”
[4:18] A thought provoking interview with George Carlin. Keeps us all on our toes! [Source: TVLEGENDS YouTube link]…
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Paul Bloom – There Is Nothing Special About Religion
[1:20:21] Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by Green College. Paul Bloom is the Broo…
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How Racist Are You? – Jane Elliott’s Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes Exercise
[47:00] These 30 people have never met. By the days end, they may wish they never had. For one long day they’ll be at …
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Susan Blackmore: Fighting the Fakers (and Failing)
[30:44] Susan Blackmore is a psychologist and writer researching consciousness, memes, and anomalous experiences, …
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The Ideas of Socrates
[10:55] In this lecture we examine the ideas of Socrates. We look at his exhortation to ‘care for your soul’…
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Paradox of self: Ego – Puppeteer fights with puppet
[3:59] WARNING: GRAPHIC LANGUAGE. Elevator scene from the film Revolver (2005) Jake and his ego have a fight. One of t…
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Steven Pinker and Rebecca Newberger Goldstein: The long reach of reason
[15:23] Here’s a TED first: an animated Socratic dialog! In a time when irrationality seems to rule both politic…
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Dan Gilbert: Why we make bad decisions
[34:09] Dan Gilbert presents research and data from his exploration of happiness — sharing some surprising tes…
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V.S. Ramachandran: Illusions, delusions and the brain
[1:25:14] This lecture by Prof. V.S. Ramachandran (University of California, San Diego) will focus on body image and m…
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Michael Shermer: Baloney Detection Kit
[14:40] With a sea of information coming at us from all directions, how do we sift out the misinformation and bogus claim…
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