Can Brain Alone Explain Consciousness?
[26:47] Can physical facts about the brain account for mental experiences of the mind? Has the philosophy of mind made p…
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Michael Shermer on Cognitive Biases & How Thinking Goes Wrong (and Right!)
[1:51:09] Dr. Michael Shermer reviews the many ways that our attempts to understand the truth about the world are derai…
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Steven Pinker: The Philosophy of Free Will
[24:05] Steven Pinker is a Canadian-born American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and popular science author. He …
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Quirkology – 10 Amazing Illusions
[2:36] WHICH OF THE 50 CORONAVIRUS CONSPIRACY THEORIES IS THE ‘REAL ONE’? :O We are in lockdown in Cyprus l…
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Michael Shermer with Brian Greene: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe
[1:12:41] Until the End of Time is Brian Greene’s breathtaking new exploration of the cosmos and our quest to find mea…
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Metaphorical Truth Bomb | A New Way to Understand Religion (Bret Weinstein)
[14:18] Stephen Woodford offers up another great episode promoting Brett Weinsteins Atheistic, yet supportive view …
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Big Questions in Free Will
[1:37:05} Do we have free will? After so many centuries of debate by so many great thinkers, can we still make progress in …
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Steve Novella: The importance of skepticism toward alternative medicine
[14:46] Dr. Steven Novella is a faculty member of the Yale School of Medicine, a practicing neurologist, and the host of …
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It is, it isn’t, it isssssssssssssss! Nope!
[0:47] No matter how hard you try to perceive otherwise this clever illusion will suck you back in and SNAP, you have to …
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Religious Faith: Rational or Rationalization?
[26:47] There is strain between faith and reason, yet many people proclaim their faith. Why? What generates faith? God…
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