Sam Harris: The brain
[2:43] Sam Harris discusses the brain in reference to the afterlife. [Video source: Morphing Reality YouTube channel…
MORELawrence Krauss: Something essential
[4:22] “We force the way we view reality to depend upon the evidence of reality.” Lawrence Krauss [Video a…
MORENeil degrasse Tyson: Alien vs Human Intelligence
[4:47] An interesting comparison made by Neil deGrasse Tyson between us and possible advanced life forms in the univer…
MORERichard Dawkins: 2 Flaws Plague Unscientific Belief, from Trump & Alt-Right to Religious Doctrine
[4:43] What’s it like to be worshipped by the Alt-Right? Not good, especially if you’re a passionate rati…
MOREVemödalen: The Fear That Everything Has Already Been Done
[2:55] vemödalen – n. the frustration of photographing something amazing when thousands of identical photos …
MOREHugo Mercier: The Function of Reason
[6:54] Many of us believe our capacity to reason helps us to acquire knowledge and make better decisions – but wha…
MORERobert Sapolsky: Why You Don’t Have Free Will: Your Breakfast Food, Biology, and Culture
[3:35] ‘Societal conditioning’ might sound like either a grim Orwellian brainwashing technique or a fa…
MOREWhy We Are All Addicts
[4:13] We tend to imagine that we can only become addicted to a few sorts of things. But real addiction is about using some…
MOREDoctors Have to Trick Your Brain’s Defenses to Heal You, Here’s Why
[4:00] Your body keeps your brain and your blood separate to filter out toxins and viruses. However, this barrier might …
MORERodolfo Llinás: Arguing God from Consciousness?
[5:40] What is it about consciousness that lead some to infer the existence of God? Both are mysteries but what follows f…
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