Patricia Churchland: Neurophilosophy and free will
[16:01] Philosopher Patricia Smith Churchland on the nature of self-control, the reward system, and risk-taking in h…
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What Is The Most Dangerous Drug In The World?
[4:17] From drug overdose to the war on drugs, what’s most deadly? [Video and text source: AsapSCIENCE YouTube c…
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Oliver Sacks: Hallucinations
[1:14:43] Famed neurologist Oliver Sacks joined award-winning journalist John Hockenberry to discuss Sacks’…
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10 Terrifying New Drugs That Could End You
[10:17] There’s drugs on the streets that can rot your flesh, destroy your vital organs and even, turn you into a z…
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Marc Lewis: The Neuroscience of Addiction
[1:00:47] In recent decades doctors have branded addiction a brain disease, and treated it as such. But in this rivetin…
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Scientists Are Giving People Psychedelics to Understand Consciousness
[3:41] Some people claim they reach a higher state of consciousness when they take psychedelics, but is this really wha…
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Markus Heilig: Addiction in the Age of Brain Science
[17:13] The talk presents how a new science of addiction is emerging, and opening up for new methods for effective treat…
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Moshe Szyf: How early life experience is written into DNA.
[16:35] Moshe Szyf is a pioneer in the field of epigenetics, the study of how living things reprogram their genome in res…
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Meditation: Joe Rogan, Sam Harris & Dan Harris discuss
[23:17] Joe Rogan discusses the topic of meditation with Sam Harris, and Dan Harris. [Video and text source: JRE Clips Y…
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Steven Kotler and Jamie Wheal on Stealing Fire
[1:30:50] Steven Kotler and Jamie Wheal speak about their new book Stealing Fire at the Soho House NYC. [Video and text s…
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