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 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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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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Sam Harris: Meaning
[3:08] Sam Harris answers a question about the meaning of life. [Video and text source: Morphing Reality YouTube chann…
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Philosophie + Pornographie: Kant
[3:37] Immanuel Kant was one of the foremost philosophers to reflect on aesthetics; he was particularly interested in …
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Enclothed Cognition
[1:58] Clothes have powers…over your mind. Learn more about this idea and others in the book, You Are Now Less Dum…
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What Would Happen in an Apocalypse… According to Science
[4:29] Most people think the apocalypse would bring violence, crime, and selfishness. But according to scientists, t…
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This Is How Short Your Life Is
[5:41] A reflection on the shortness of life. [Video source: Freedom in Thought YouTube channel]…
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Paul Bloom: Are Humans Emotional Creatures or Are We Rational?
[4:28] For once, an optimistic worldview is the one sparking controversy. Paul Bloom thinks humans are not prisoners t…
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