My Society My Self?
[1:32:10] How do we develop a sense of who we truly are? Do we perceive ourselves as science defines us? While some scient…
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Joshua Bell and the Washington Post Subway Experiment
[2:52] Joshua Bell, one of the best concert violinist in the world played for free, for 45 minutes, on a violin wor…
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Peter Tse: Search for Meaning
[4:57] To search for meaning, God or something like God is often involved. But this need not be so. How can meaning be foun…
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Why do people join cults?
[6:26] Today, there are thousands of cults around the world. Broadly speaking, a cult is a group or movement with a share…
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Frank Wilczek: To Understand the Brain We Need to Consider Multiple Realities
[5:00] Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek argues that understanding basic physical laws is sufficient to grasp how the mind …
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The Nature of Science
[9:07] This is the 4th video in our series of classroom supplements. We covered the scientific method in our previous vi…
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The Psychology of Transcendent Experiences
[4:57] An interview with research scientist David Yaden. [Video and text source: MeaningofLife.tv YouTube channel]…
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Thomas Metzinger: The Ego Tunnel
[17:46] Brain, bodily awareness, and the emergence of a conscious self: these entities and their relations are explor…
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Joseph LeDoux: How Do Human Brains Work?
[8:45] How can human brains run our physical bodies and produce our mental minds? What are the general principles of hum…
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Afua Hirsch: ‘Faith schools harm integration’
[1:48] Faith schools are bad for integration and should be banned, argues writer and broadcaster Afua Hirsch in this Vi…
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