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[1:04:50] Jonathan Haidt, professor at New York University Stern School of Business and best-selling author of ̶…
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[3:45] Joseph Campbell explains the importance of a healthy understanding of history and mythology. [Video and text s…
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[1:03:26] Discussion about ‘The Many Worlds theory’ and all sorts of quantum mysteries between David Wa…
MORERobert Wright & Michael Shermer: The purpose of evolution
[1:14:28] 1:31 Bob’s NY Times article on evolution and purpose 23:23 Was evolution likely to produce the Internet? 3…
MOREStephen Stich: The Evolution of Morality?
[56:10] This lecture was hosted by the Murphy Institute at Tulane University on Friday, April 4, 2014. About the Speake…
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[7:34] How and why conformity arises. [Video and text source: Khanacademymedicine YouTube channel]…
MORESteven Pinker: The Elephant, the Emperor, and the Matzo Ball
[43:38] William James Fellow Award Address recorded May 2016 in Chicago at the 28th Annual Convention of the Associati…
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[3:50] “Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I’ve ever known.” – Chuck Pala…
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[4:21] We’re used to thinking hugely well of democracy. But interestingly, one of the wisest people who ever lived, S…
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