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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Oliver Sacks on Humans and Myth-making
[6:34] Humans naturally create stories and narratives, says Oliver Sacks. [Video and text source: Big Think YouTube c…
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Barry Schwartz on the New Science of Happiness
[4:58] Social psychologist Barry Schwartz discusses the new science of happiness as well as the difference between re…
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Christof Koch: Why Philosophy of Science?
[6:44] Science is humankind’s magnificent achievement, the way of thinking to discern facts and truths and to r…
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Alison Gopnik: Why Philosophy of Science?
[10:10] Science is humankind’s magnificent achievement, the way of thinking to discern facts and truths and to …
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Michael Shermer: Why people believe weird things
[14:11] THE EGO – A natural process NOT TO BE CRITICIZED, that helps humanity be critical of others individually …
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Dan Dennett: Cute, sexy, sweet, funny
[7:45] Why are babies cute? Why is cake sweet? Philosopher Dan Dennett has answers you wouldn’t expect, as he sha…
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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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Raoul Martinez: Life is Just a Lottery
[7:00] Life is Just a Lottery with Raoul Martinez. Informed by over a decade of research, Martinez lifts the veil on the m…
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Sam Harris: Meaning
[3:08] Sam Harris answers a question about the meaning of life. [Video and text source: Morphing Reality YouTube chann…
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