Thomas Metzinger: The transparent avatar in your brain
[16:26] Thomas Metzinger is a German philosopher. As of 2000 he holds the position of director of the theoretical philo…
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PHILOSOPHY – David Hume
[11:05] David Hume is one of Scotland’s greatest philosophers. His claim to greatness lies in his appreciation of or…
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Check your intuition: The birthday problem
[5:06] Imagine a group of people. How big do you think the group would have to be before there’s more than a 50% chance th…
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Tali Sharot: Why We Fear What We Can’t Control: Airplanes, Hospital, Old Age
[6:55] Fear is a motivator—often, when we’re scared, we feel that we want to leave a situation. That so-called …
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Ben Goldacre: What doctors don’t know about the drugs they prescribe
[13:29] When a new drug gets tested, the results of the trials should be published for the rest of the medical world ̵…
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Robert Sapolsky: Being Human
[36:59] What makes us human? World renowned neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky explores one of the most fundamental ques…
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Does Expensive Wine Really Taste Better?
[3:58] Is there really a big difference between expensive wine and cheap wine? Trace is joined by Nick Uhas to discuss wh…
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David Rock: Learning about the brain changes everything
[14:54] Great to observe how brain creates mind for a variety of reasons. [Video and text source: TEDx Talks YouTube cha…
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The Paradox of Prayer: Why Praying Is Pointless
[3:15] Certain types of prayer are almost certainly futile. This is plain to see when we consider the purpose of prayer a…
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Fotini Markopoulou: How Does Beauty Color the Universe?
[3:01] What do scientists mean when they call the laws and regularities of nature beautiful? On the largest supra-cosm…
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