Steven Pinker: The Origins of Language, Reason & Violence
[1:25:44] Steven Pinker in conversation with Tyler discusses the origins of language, reason & of violence. [Vid…
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Mahzarin Banaji: Evaluations of Talent
[13:06] Harvard Prof. Mahzarin Banaji on objective music perception, failing at assessing people, and arranged marr…
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Take a placebo to be more creative
[0:57] The placebo effect not only works in medicine, it can also boost cognitive ability, unleashing creativity and d…
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Sean Carroll: The Meaning of Life
[7:20] “The world keeps happening in accordance with its rules; it’s up to us to make sense of it and give it …
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Carol Tavris: Who’s Lying Who’s Self-Justifying
[41:33] Social psychologist and author Carol Tavris on “Who’s Lying? Who’s Self-Justifying?: O…
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Michael Shermer and Derren Brown: Magic, Happiness, and Skepticism
[1:16:58] Michael Shermer chatting with Derren Brown, a British magician and writer. His TV show Derren Brown: Mind Co…
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Dean Buonomano: Consciousness Is a Narrative Created by Your Unconscious Mind
[4:19] American neuroscientist Dean Buonomano believes that your brain might be processing the world around you in a t…
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Nicholas A. Christakis: What Do We Learn from Our Networks?
[7:26] In his lab at Yale, Nicholas A. Christakis investigates the biological origins of our social networks, the web o…
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Bret Weinstein: Sympathy and Empathy – An Evolutionary Perspective
[7:13] In this video I tease apart the evolutionary meaning of ‘sympathy’ and ’empathy’ so …
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Pascal’s Wager – Debunked (Blaise Pascal Refuted)
[6:18] In 1670, the French mathematician and Christian philosopher, Blaise Pascal, published a collection of theolo…
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