Christopher 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…
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Daniel Dennett: Information, Evolution, and intelligent Design
[1:01:44] Daniel Dennett explores the first steps towards a unified theory of information, through common threads in …
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David 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…
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David Voas: Why there is no way back for religion in the West
[15:53] Religion is in decline across the Western world. Whether measured by belonging, believing, participation in …
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The 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…
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Giulio Tononi: Is Consciousness Entirely Physical?
[8:12] Giulio Tononi tackles the hard problem, this time explaining Integrated Information Theory and various axiom…
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V.S. Ramachandran: The brain and religious belief
[19:49] A part of Beyond Belief event was in the 2006 talking Prof. V.S. Ramachandran is a neuroscientist known prim…
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Alan Alda: Grow Your Empathy Through Better Visual Perception
[10:19] The simple act of noticing someone’s eye color can build your empathy, explains Alan Alda, who got so cur…
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Marisa Peer: To reach beyond your limits by training your mind
[16:57] This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. You can train your min…
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Susan Jacoby: Secularism and Free Thinking
[35:28] Journalist and historian Susan Jacoby talks with Bill about the role secularism and intellectual curiosity h…
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