Afghanistan’s ‘Dancing Boys’ Have Been Forced Into A Life Of Abuse
[1:34] In the tradition of bacha bazi, “dancing boys” dress like girls and entertain powerful men in exchange for m…
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Intelligence Squared Debates: The World Would Be Better Off Without Religion
[1:47:38] In the words of Blaise Pascal, mathematician and Catholic, “Men never do evil so completely and cheer…
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Jeremy Rifkin: The Empathic Civilisation
[10:39] Bestselling author, political adviser and social and ethical prophet Jeremy Rifkin investigates the evolut…
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Consciousness: Explored and Explained
[1:31:35] Consciousness is a terrible curse. Or so says a character in screenwriter/director Charlie Kaufman’s Be…
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Steven Pinker: Geno’s Paradox
[10:14] Steve Pinker shares some of the very latest research on genes, hereditary, intelligence, personality and nat…
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Ben Ambridge: 10 myths about psychology: Debunked
[14:59] How much of what you think about your brain is actually wrong? In this whistlestop tour of dis-proved science, B…
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Arthur Brooks: The Secret of Happiness
[1:19:17] This lecture was hosted by the Murphy Institute at Tulane University October 3, 2013. Arthur C. Brooks is pre…
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George Loewenstein: This is Your Brain on Emotion
[1:07:58] This Yates lecture was hosted by the Murphy Institute at Tulane University on Tuesday, March 12, 2013. As the …
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Richard Dawkins – “What are the five best reasons why there is no god”
[2:24] Richard Dawkins offers his clear reasons on why there is no god. [Source: Scavlan YouTube link]…
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James Gilligan: Violence Objects / Sex Objects
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