The Perfectionist Trap
[3:47] One of the greatest obstacles to a good life is the expectation of perfection. [Video source: The School of LifeÂ…
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Susan Blackmore: How is Personal Identity Maintained?
[7:25] What makes one a person or a self? If he or she sees, hears, thinks and feels, is that a person or a self? How can separ…
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What Does a Secret Weigh?
[4:20] The honest truth about keeping secrets. [Video source: BrainCraft YouTube link]…
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Expensive wine is for suckers?
[3:31] We shouldn’t have spent $43 on this bottle of wine. 🙂 [Video and text source: Vox YouTube link]…
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Unpopular People May Die Sooner, Here’s Why
[2:40] Is there scientific proof that social standing affects your health and helps you live longer? How would it do thi…
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Do Your Memories or Your Morals Make You You?
[2:31] Philosophers have long thought that memory is the key to maintaining a continuous self–to feeling like t…
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What do the Rich really Want?
[4:30] Imagine if oddly, wealthy capitalists didn’t primarily want money; but something odder and more hopefu…
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Where Did Neckties Come From?
[3:05] It’s one of the vital pieces of attire for business people across the world – but where did ties come …
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Beau Lotto: Understanding Perception – How We Experience the Meaning We Create
[4:23] Beau Lotto’s research into perception has shown that we don’t see the real world—just our version of it. I…
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Being Human: Perception & The Brain
[1:04:48] V.S. Ramachandran and Beau Lotto discuss the nature of perception, the brain, our lived experience of the wo…
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