Bart Ehrman: Personal Beliefs Interview
[7:45] Bart provided Scott Burdick an opportunity for a short interview about his personal beliefs and religious expe…
MOREStanley Milgram’s Obedience to Authority
[3:08] Many people are only too happy to obey an authority figure, even when what they’re being asked to do goes agains…
MOREReflection and the tears flow
[6:06] NBC Dateline producer Dan Slepian volunteered at Sing Sing, helping to create the “Voices From Within…
MOREWhat Do You Think is Normal?
[4;42] What do we mean by “normal”? Cognitive scientists have found that your notion of normality is shap…
MOREChristopher Hitchens on the Origin of Religion
[6;25] Hitch points out that even if arguments for god are sound (they aren’t), the conclusion that Christianit…
MOREDavid McRaney: You Are Not So Smart
[3:37] An entertaining illumination of the stupid beliefs that make us feel wise. You believe you are a rational, logic…
MORELab-Grown Meat: Better for Animals, Better for the Environment
[1:15] Lab-grown meat is coming our way soon… and we may even be able to afford it. [Video and text source: Futuris…
MOREThe Self: A Necessary Illusion?
[3:47] Would humans be better off without a concept of the self? Many of our most lauded virtues–generosity, com…
MORERichard Dawkins: Appetite for Wonder
[4:13] “By all means let’s be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.” Richa…
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