David Rock: Learning about the brain changes everything
[14:54] Great to observe how brain creates mind for a variety of reasons. [Video and text source: TEDx Talks YouTube cha…
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Planet of the Humans: The Leap to the Top
[1:19:32] For all that Darwin contributed to our understanding of the biological world, he was haunted by one vexing qu…
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Dan Ariely: What is morality?
[4:31] There’s the morality we aspire to and the morality we play by day-to-day, says Ariely. [Video and text sou…
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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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Peter Tse: Search for Meaning
[4:57] To search for meaning, God or something like God is often involved. But this need not be so. How can meaning be foun…
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Why do people join cults?
[6:26] Today, there are thousands of cults around the world. Broadly speaking, a cult is a group or movement with a share…
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Thomas Metzinger: The Ego Tunnel
[17:46] Brain, bodily awareness, and the emergence of a conscious self: these entities and their relations are explor…
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Yuval Noah Harari: Answering 10 Questions on the History of Happiness
[6:18] Author and professor of history, Yuval Noah Harari, on the history of human happiness. [Video and text source: T…
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Afua Hirsch: ‘Faith schools harm integration’
[1:48] Faith schools are bad for integration and should be banned, argues writer and broadcaster Afua Hirsch in this Vi…
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