Fabrizio Benedetti: Placebo explained
[18:50] Fabrizio Benedetti, Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience at the University of Turin Medical School, joi…
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Derren Brown Demonstrates the Barnum Effect
[8:24] Derren Brown gives readings via “astrology.” From “Trick of the Mind,” S03E01. Ast…
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Aron Ra: Debatable Inquiry in a Church
[38:12] A couple of months ago, I heard from a church in Arizona that was looking for an “evolutionist” to partici…
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Russel Brand & Sam Harris: What’s The Biggest Threat To Freedom – Islam Or Consumerism?
[2:03:06} In a bumper 2-hour episode neuroscientist, author and fellow podcaster Sam Harris and I discuss the effects …
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Free Will – Debunked
[8:08] This is Free Will – Debunked. [Video and text source: Rationality Rules YouTube channel]…
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The Fine Tuning Argument Debunked
[9:29] Even Christopher Hitchens was periodically stumped by this favorite among apologists. I’ve never quit…
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Michael Shermer & Ralph Lewis: Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
[1:23:06] In this wide-ranging conversation, Michael Shermer talks with the author of the new book Finding Purpose in …
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Fabrizio Benedetti: Placebo and nocebo: on the pharmacology and toxicology of words and rituals
[1:00:04] [Video and text source: Institute for Complem. and Integrative Medicine USZ YouTube channel]…
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Kurt Andersen: How religion turned American politics against science
[3:50] In the last 30 years, religion has radicalized American politics and seriously harmed the perception of scienc…
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David Eagleman: Possibilianism
[20:34] Neuroscientist and best-selling author David Eagleman introduces the concept of Possibilianism, a new phil…
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