Derren Brown: Investigates The Man Who Contacts The Dead
[47:46] Derren Brown investigates Joe Power, a main who claims to be able to talk to the dead. Is he telling the truth? [Vi…
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Beau Lotto: The Neuroscience of Creativity, Perception, and Confirmation Bias
[6:44] To ensure your survival, your brain evolved to avoid one thing: uncertainty. As neuroscientist Beau Lotto poin…
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Steven Sloman: The Knowledge Illusion
[6:41] How have we achieved so much despite understanding so little? Whilst individuals know very little, the collect…
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Conformity and groupthink
[7:34] How and why conformity arises. [Video and text source: Khanacademymedicine YouTube channel]…
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The Psychology of Belief – Bias and the Brain
[3:11] In this clip, Dr. Lack addresses the biases that so often inform religious (and non-religious) worldviews. [Vi…
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How We Lie to Ourselves
[5:57] We are masters at knowing how to lie to ourselves. We pay a heavy price for this self-deception. [Source: The Scho…
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The Groupish Gene: Hive psychology and the Origins of Morality and Religion
[1:26:50] Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by Green College. There is a near univer…
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