Stephen Woodford & Alex J O’Connor: Everyday Life Without Free Will
[47:46] Why hello all! I hope you’re well. So I’ve recently had the awesome opportunity to have two fantastic conve…
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Tali Sharot: The optimism bias
[17:40] Are we born to be optimistic, rather than realistic? Tali Sharot shares new research that suggests our brains a…
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Bruce Hood: Think You don’t Believe in the Supernatural? Think Again
[18:51] He asks the audience if they would wear a beautiful cashmere cardigan that he had collected, that was freshly wa…
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Michael Shermer and Colin McGinn — Mysterianism, Consciousness, Free Will, and God
[1:06:16] This remote Science Salon was initiated after McGinn commented publicly, and critically, on Shermer’s l…
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Jordan Peterson Misrepresents Science
[14:16] Jordan Peterson and Matt Dillahunty debated / discussed psychedelics, specifically magic mushrooms contai…
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Massimo Pigliucci: How To Spot Pseudoscience
[30:06] From climate change and evolution, why are beliefs that run counter to the scientific establishment so prolif…
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Are We All Racists?
[6:32] Novelists offer deep insights into human psychology that often take psychologists years to test. In his 1864 &#…
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How Much Neuroscience Is Actually Allowed in the Courtroom?
[3:41] “Neurolaw” is becoming increasingly important in the courtroom, but how effective are the curre…
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Beau Lotto: The Neuroscience of Creativity, Perception, and Confirmation Bias
[6:44] To ensure your survival, your brain evolved to avoid one thing: uncertainty. As neuroscientist Beau Lotto poin…
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