Arguments Against Personal Identity
[9:43] How can Daenerys Targaryen help us understand personal identity? Find out as Hank continues our exploration of …
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Charlie Munger: How to Persuade Anyone – The 25 Cognitive Biases
[10:34] If you want to learn how to Persuade people, then you must learn the 25 Cognitive Biases. Not all these biases wor…
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Richard Nisbett: The Psychology of Thinking
[55:44] In a lightning tour of human reasoning, world-renowned psychologist Richard Nisbett shines a new light on the …
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CRITICAL THINKING: Fundamentals – Bayes’ Theorem
[6:20] In this Wireless Philosophy video, Ian Olasov (CUNY) introduces Bayes’ Theorem of conditional probabi…
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Not all scientific studies are created equal
[4:26] Every day, we are bombarded by attention grabbing headlines that promise miracle cures to all of our ailments &#…
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What Do Con Artists and Religious Leaders Have in Common?
[4:54] Psychologist and writer Maria Konnikova looks at the mechanisms of human nature that have allowed con artists, …
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What is Consciousness ? – Three Stages of Consciousness
[19:47] Michio Kaku’s theory on quantifying consciousness suggests consciousness is the number of feedback l…
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Epistemology: Analyzing Knowledge #2 (No-False-Lemma and No-Defeater Approaches)
[9:01] If we can’t analyze knowledge simply as justified true belief, can we add one more ingredient to produce a succ…
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Steven Pinker On Reason
[7:30] Steven Pinker talks about his personal philosophy and what reason means to him. [Source: Big Think YouTube li…
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The Backwards Brain Bicycle
[7:57] It took me 8 months to learn how to do this, but I was only picking up the bike and running to the end of the driveway an…
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